تَرَاهُ فِي الصَّدْرِ مِنْ خَسَاسَتِهِ

كَأَنَّهُ فِي أَوَاخِرِ المَجْلِسْ

You see him, because of his baseness

As if at the end of the gathering -

لا يَفْهَمُ القَوْلَ فِي الخِطَابِ وَلاَ

يُفْهِمُهُ فَهْوَ أَبْكَمُ أَخْرَسْ

He understands not the words of address,

Nor makes them understood - he is mute, deaf.

يَحْكُمُ فِي مِصْرَ والشَّامِ وَقَدْ

كَانَ كَثِيْرَاً بِمِثْلِهِ يَحْرَسْ

He rules Egypt and Syria though he

Often used to stand guard over the likes of them.