أَلا هَل أَتى الحَسناءَ أَنَّ حَليلَها
تَأَبَّطَ شَرّاً وَاِكتَنَيتُ أَبا وَهبِ
Has not the beauty come to know her censurer
Has brought evil upon himself while I gained Abû Wahb as a father?
فَهَبهُ تَسَمّى اِسمي وَسَمّانِيَ اِسمَهُ
فَأَينَ لَهُ صَبري عَلى مُعظَمِ الخَطبِ
He named me after his name and named himself after mine
Where is his patience compared to my grievous woe?
وَأَينَ لَهُ بَأسٌ كَبَأسي وَسَورَتي
وَأَينَ لَهُ في كُلِّ فادِحَةٍ قَلبي
Where is his power equal to my power and zeal?
Where is his heart, in every calamity, like my heart?
