أَمّا أَبو سَعدٍ فَلَم تَثأَروا بِهِ
وَلَكِن أَقيموا رَأسَهُ إِذ تَصَوَّبا
As for Abu Saʿd, you did not avenge him.
But set his head upright, since it has drooped.
لَو كانَ حَبلُ اِبنَي طَريفٍ مُعَلَّقاً
بِأَحقي كِرامٍ أَحدَثوا فيهِما أَمرا
Had the rope of Ṭarīf’s two sons been attached
To noble men’s waists, they would have taken action concerning them both.
لَقَد كانَ جاراكُم قَتيلاً وَخائِفاً
أَصَمَّ فَقَد زادوا مَسامِعَهُ وَقرا
Indeed, of your two neighbors, one was slain and the other frightened,
And deaf—for they have added deafness to his ears.
Sol 6.1