ألم ترَ ما أتاهُ أبو عَلِيَّ

وكنتُ أراهُ ذا عَقلٍ وكَيْسِ

Did you not see what came to Abu Ali

Though I thought him a man of sense and wisdom

عصى السُّلطانَ فابتدرَتْ إليهِ

رِجالٌ يقلَعونَ أبا قُبَيْسِ

He defied the sultan, so men came for him

To seize Abu Qubays in their rough justice

وَصيَّرَ طُوسَ معقِلَهُ فأضحَتْ

عليهِ طُوسُ أشأَمَ مِن طُوَيْسِ

He made Tus his fortress, but Tus for him

Became more ominous than Mount Tuways