أَبا نَهشَلٍ لِأَبي غانِمٍ

خَلائِقُ يوحِشنَ مِن جانِبِه

For Abu Nahshal for Abu Ghanim

Habits alienate from his side

بِغاءٌ يَعودُ عَلى نَفسِهِ

وَشُؤمٌ يَعودُ عَلى صاحِبِه

Whoring recoils upon itself

And ill omen recoils upon its owner

وَمِن عَجَبِ الدَهرِ أَنَّ الأَميـ

ـرَ أَصبَحَ أَكتَبَ مِن كاتِبِه

And of the wonders of fate is that the unlettered

Has become more literary than his writer