بين أهل الصعيد شاع حديث

وهو أن المويلحي صفعوه

Among the people of Upper Egypt a rumor spread

That al-Muwaylihi had been slapped

ليت شعري وليتني كنت أدرى

ساعة الصفع أين كان ابوه

I wish I knew, I wish I had known

At the moment of the slap, where was his father?