طَلَبتُ من الكَتَّان فَصا فجاد لي ال

وجيهُ بوعدٍ عَوَّضَ المَنَّ بالمَينِ

I asked al-Kattān for a ring-stone, and generously the—

—eminent man gave me a promise: with him, falsehood took the place of favors.

متى جِئتُهُ يدعو عليه لسانُهُ

إذا قلتُ أين الفَصُّ قال على عَيني

Whenever I came to him, his tongue would call down a curse upon him:

if I asked, “Where is the ring-stone?” he said, “Upon my eye.”