أفسد سوء مذهبي

في الشعر حسن مذهبي

My flawed creed has corrupted me

Yet my creed grants my poetry elegance

وحملي الجد على

ظهر حصان اللعب

I bear this burden seriously

Atop a playful steed's back

لم يرض مولاي علي

سبي لأصحاب النبي

My Master Ali was not pleased

That I insulted the Prophet's companions

وقال لي ويحك يا

أحمق لم لم تتب

And he chided me saying:

"You fool! Why have you not repented

من سب قوم من رجا

آلاءهم لم يخب

Of insulting a people, hoping for

Their grace, which will not come to pass

رمت الرضا جهلاً بما

أصلاك نار اللهب

In your ignorance, you have cast off contentment

With that which God's fire has purified you"