رَأَيتُ بِرَأسِ الجِسرِ شَخصاً لِسانُهُ

رَأَيتُ بِرَأسِ الجِسرِ شَخصاً لِسانُهُ

لِأَربابِ رَأسِ الجِسرِ بِالشَتمِ يَجرَحُ

لِأَربابِ رَأسِ الجِسرِ بِالشَتمِ يَجرَحُ

I saw at the bridgehead a man whose tongue

I saw at the head of the bridge a man whose tongue

wounds the masters of the bridgehead with insults.

Wounds the masters of the bridge head with insults

فَقُلتُ لَهُم مَن ذا فَقالوا مُحَسِّنٌ

فَقُلتُ لَهُم مَن ذا فَقالوا مُحَسِّنٌ

فَقُلتُ مَعاذَ اللَهُ هَذا مُقَبِّحُ

فَقُلتُ مَعاذَ اللَهُ هَذا مُقَبِّحُ

So I asked them, “Who is this?” They said, “Muhassin.”

So I said to them, who is this? They said, a reformer

So I said, “God forbid! This is an uglifier.”

I said, God forbid, this is a defamer