صاحَبتُ مِن بَعدِكُم مَعشَراً

وَلَم أَكُن في ذاكَ بِالراغِبِ

After you all I befriended a group,

Yet I had no desire for that kind.

غِنائُهُم شَتمٌ لِجُلّاسِهِم

وَرَقصُهُم في كَبِدِ الصاحِبِ

Their singing was but insults to their sitters,

And their dancing was torture for the onlooker.