وَلَولا لَجامُ الطالِبِيّينَ في فَمي

لِاَعرَبتُ عَن إِعجامِ حالِ اِبنِ مُلجَمِ

Were it not for the bridle of critics in my mouth

I would have expressed the incapacity of Ibn Muljam's state

وَأَبدَيتُ مَخفِيَّ الهُدى في ضَلالِهِ

وَأَذعَنَ بِالتَسليمِ لي كُلُّ مُسلِمِ

And revealed the hidden guidance in his misguidance

And every Muslim would have surrendered to me

وَمَن لِيَ عَن سُؤالٍ يُريدُ حَياتَهُ

بِدَعوَةِ ظَنٍّ في مَقامِ التَفَهُّمِ

And who dares to ask me about an inquiry at the risk of his life

With a pretentious call in the position of understanding