وَبَينَ نُهَيرَي الشاغورِ قَومٌ
يَرَونَ الفَخرَ كَونَهُم لُصوصا
And between al-Shāghūr’s two rivulets is a people
who deem their being thieves a source of pride.
فَكُلُّهُمُ مَتى يَظفَرُ بِشاةٍ
تَحَوَّلَ شوحَةً تَغتال صوصا
For every one of them, whenever he seizes a sheep,
turns into a kite that snatches away a chick.
وَما طَبَخَت قُدورُهُم حَلالاً
فَلَيتَهُم بِها طَبَخوا مَصوصا
Never have their pots cooked anything lawfully gained;
if only they had cooked maṣūṣ in them!
وَلَو أَنّا نُصافِحُ خَيِّريهِم
لَسَلّوا مِن خَواتِمِنا الفُصوصا
Even if we shook hands with the best of them,
they would surely pull the gemstones from our rings.
مُبارِزُ خُذ بِحُكمِ النَصِّ فيهِم
فَأَنتَ تُعَلِّمُ الناسَ النُصوصا
Mubāriz, hold them to the judgment of the Text,
for you are the one who teaches people the texts.
Sol 5.6