ومن أعجب الأَشياء حِرفتُك التي

شُهرت والضيق في الخُلق وَالرِزقِ

And of the strangest things is your profession which

Became famous, though you are narrow in disposition and sustenance

ولستَ أديباً لا وَلا كاتباً ولا

جليساً على الصَهباءُ مُستَطيب الخُلق

You are no writer, nor scribe, nor are you

A companion of the noble and good-natured people

غَرائِب لم تُجمع لخَلق من الوَرى

وأَغربُ منها أَن تُعدَّ من الخَلق

Wonders that were not gathered for any person in creation

And stranger than it is that you are counted among people