دعْ هَجْوَ إِبراهيمَ دعْ يا بغيضْ

فما له من طاقةٍ بالقريضْ

Leave the satire of Ibrahim leave, O abhorrent one

For he has no endurance for poetry

لم أرَ مهجوراً مريضاً غدا

سواهُ يستشفي بهجرٍ مريض

I have not seen a satirized patient become well the next day

Except for him who heals a patient with estrangement

ظنَّ المدى يعنو وما إِن درى

أَن المدى شيءٌ طويلٌ عريض

He thought the road was compassionate though he did not know

That the road is a lengthy broad thing

وإِنَّ إبراهيم فَرُّوجةٌ

وما أَتى بعدُ لها أَنْ تَبيض

And indeed Ibrahim is an entertainer

Who has not come up with anything original yet