لا مَرحَباً بِالناقِصِ اِبنِ الفاضِلِ

لا مَرحَباً بِالناقِصِ اِبنِ الفاضِلِ

هَذا اِبنُ قُسٍّ في فَهاهَةِ باقِلِ

هَذا اِبنُ قُسٍّ في فَهاهَةِ باقِلِ

No welcome to the deficient son of al-Fadil!

No welcome to the flawed son of excellence

This is Quss’s son, with Baqil’s inarticulacy.

This son of harshness, with intellect so frail

وَأَجَلُّ قَدراً مِنهُ بَغلَتُهُ الَّتي

وَأَجَلُّ قَدراً مِنهُ بَغلَتُهُ الَّتي

أَضحى أَبوها مِنهُ فَوقَ الكاهل

أَضحى أَبوها مِنهُ فَوقَ الكاهل

And worthier than he is his mule, whose

Far nobler than he, the mare he rides atop

father is now the part of him above the shoulders.

While on her back, his father he derails