أضحى الفَقيهُ فقيهُ بُسْتٍ كَوْدَنا
وحوى المدى في الكَوْدَنِيَّةِ أودنا
The jurist—the jurist of Bust—has become a dolt;
he has reached the utmost bounds of doltishness—or come close.
يجني وليسَ عليهِ عَقْلُ جِنايَةٍ
لو كانَ يعقِلُ كانَ يعقِلْ إذا جنى
He commits offenses, yet owes no blood-money for an offense;
had he reason, he would pay blood-money whenever he offended.
فِراقُ هذا الشّيخِ أذكى لَنا
في القَلبِ أشجاناً وأشجانا
Parting from this sheikh has kindled for us
sorrows in the heart—and has grieved us.
ما ضرَّهُ لو زارَنا مُنَعِماً
بالبِرِّ أحياناً فأحيانا
What harm would it have done him to visit us, bestowing favor,
with kindness now and then—and thereby revive us?
Sol 5.6