ما لعميدٍ ملكهمْ

منْ عاصمٍ أو نافعِ

What use is a leader who rules them

With neither a protector nor benefactor?

وكلُّ ذلكَ يا مالكي

بطعنِهِ في الشافعي

And all of that, O Maliki,

Is just your fault-finding of al-Shafi'i.