صفعوه بالعوانيه

لا سِرَّ بَلْ عَلاَنِيه

They slapped him openly,

Not in secret but publicly.

وصفعُوا ناصيةً

كاذبةً خاطِيه

And they slapped the cheek

Of a lying sinner.

قطَّعوا قذاله

بِقرْبة ورَاوِيه

They cut his nape

With a jug and bowl.

فقال كُفُّوا الصَّفْع إِني

للحديثِ رَاوِيه

So he said, "Stop slapping, I'm

Just a narrator of this talk."

قالُوا لَه قَضَى بِذَا الـ

ـجَمْعِ جِناسُ القافِيه

They said to him, "This gathering's judgement

Has fulfilled the rhyme's parity."

قدْ كُنْتَ في عافيةٍ

فما شَكَرْتَ العافِيه

"You were in good health,

Yet didn't thank wellness.

ودِنْت من أَمْرِ الهوى

دهتْك مِنْه داهِيه

And you leaned into passion's affair

Until it misguided you astray.

لكن تحككت بَغاً

حتَّى دهتْك داهِيه

But you persisted stubbornly

Until it led you astray.

وكمْ له مِنْ وقْعةٍ

لم تُبقِ منه بَاقيه

And how many times for him

There's not any trace left.

وما عليه قطُّ مِن

صَفْعِ النِّعال وَاقِيه

And no shoe-slap was ever

A protection for him.

وهذه عَاشِرَةٌ

لا تحسبوها ثانيه

And this is the tenth one,

Don't think it's the second.

لكنه جلْفُ القذا

لِ وغليظُ الحاشِيه

But he's rough of neck

And thick of temple."