وَقالوا أَسعَدُ بنُ الياسَ أَضحى

رَئيساً لا حَوَتهُ يَدُ السُعودِ

And they said, “Asʿad ibn Ilyas has become

a chief”—may good fortune’s hand never embrace him.

وَلا أَهجو الوُجودَ وَقَد حَواهُ

فَإِنَّ وُجودَهُ هجوُ الوُجودِ

I do not satirize existence, given that it contains him;

for his existence is the satire of existence.