نَسَبِ الجِمازُ مَقصو
رَ إِلَيهِ مُنتَهاهُ
Al-Jammāz’s lineage is cut shor—
—t: in him it reaches its furthest point.
تَنتَهي الأَحسابُ بِالنا
سِ وَلا تَعدو قِفاهُ
Pedigrees culminate in peo—
—ple, but his never passes the nape of his neck.
يَتَحاجى في أَبي الجِم
ازِ مَن هُوَ كاتِباهُ
Over who the father of al-Jammā—
—z is, his two scribes trade riddles.
لَيسَ يَدري مِن أَبو الجِم
ازِ إِلّا مِن بَراهُ
No one knows who the father of al-Jammā—
—z is, save the One who fashioned him.
Sol 5.6