تَشَبَّهَ فِي النَّحْوِ بِالأَخْفَشَيْنَ

فَجَاءَ بِأُعْجُوبَةٍ مُطْرِفَهْ

In grammar, he emulated the two Akhfashes

So he came up with a wondrous oddity

وَلَمْ يِسْمَعِ النَّحْوَ لَكِنَّهُ

قَرَا مِنْهُ شَيْئِاً وَقَدْ صَحَّفَهْ

He never heard grammar, yet

He had read some of it and got it wrong

فَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ أَخْفَشَ النَّاظِرَيْنِ

فَإِنَّ الفَتَى أَخْفَشُ المَعْرِفَهْ

If he's not Akhfash the two beholders

Then the lad is Akhfash of cognizance