أتجرؤ في تلبيس ذكرك في ذكري
وتطمع في تدليس قدرك في قدري
Do you dare to weave your name into mine
And wish to conceal your fate within my fate?
وإنك إذ تزري عليَّ مغدَّرٌ
لأني أرى التنينَ يزري على البَدرِ
Yet you plan against me while being generous
For I see the dragon plotting against the full moon
فيا زارياً ما زال تمصيعُ لفظه
اذا قرأ القرآنَ يدعو الى الكُفر
O you who still recite while his words mislead
When he reads the Quran he calls to blasphemy
يقول له الشيطانُ عند قِرائه
أجَدتَ بما حَرَّفتَ من محكم الذِّكرِ
The devil tells him while he recites
"Did you benefit from distorting the clear Scripture?"
لو اَنَّ رسول اللَه يسمع درسَه
إذن قال ذا غير المنزَّل في صدري
If the Messenger of God were to hear his lesson
He would say "This is not what was revealed in my heart"
إذا ما قرا حرفاً لتنفيس حفظه
فمقصوده أن نختم الحمدَ في شهرِ
Whenever he recites a letter to refresh his memorization
His intention is that we complete praising in the month
يمدُّ لنا سين السراط كأنه
يُجَرّي صبيّاً فهو يَجري إذا أُمري
He lengthens the "seen" of "al-sirat" as if
He is dragging a little boy while he runs when ordered
يُكذِّب يُسراً بالقِران قِرانه
لما قد نقاسي في القراءة من عُسرِ
He belies easily the Quran with his recitation
Due to the difficulty we experience in reciting
يُنازع في والنازعاتِ إذا قرا
ويعصر منه العين في عَينِ والعَصرِ
He disputes about "al-naziat" whenever he recites
And squeezes out of it the eye in "ayn and al-asr"
اذا ما قرا والفجرِ في عتماتِهِ
تراه يقاسيها إلى مطلع الفجرِ
When he recites "al-fajr" in its darkness
You see him struggling with it until the dawn breaks
قرا الحشرَ يوماً بالغداة مصلياً
فطوَّل حتى خِلتها وقفةَ الحَشرِ
One day he recited "al-hashr" at dawn while praying
So he prolonged it until he paused at the "hashr"
يُزَهِّد في الإسلام قُبحُ قِرائه
فيكسب فينا الإثمَ من موضع الأجرِ
The ugliness of his recitation makes one lack zeal for Islam
So he earns sins for us in the place of reward
ويحسب من جهلٍ وعُجبٍ بأنه
كعاصمٍ المقري أو كأبي عمرو
He thinks out of ignorance and self-admiration
That he is like Asim al-Qari or like Abu Amru
عميت أبا الحسن ثم عميتَ عن
عماك كما قد قيل في سالف الدهرِ
May Abu al-Hassan be blinded and you were blinded about
Your blindness just as it was said in times past
جهلتَ ولم تعلم بأنك جاهلٌ
فمَن لي بأن تدري بأنك لا تدري
You did not know and were unaware of your ignorance
Who will make you know that you do not know?
