1. لا فَتَحَ اللَهُ عَلى فَتحِ

    بابا مِنَ الرُشدِ أَو النُجحِ

    May God not open for Fath

    a door to right guidance or success.

  2. فَإِنَّهُ السِفلَةُ بَينَ الوَرى

    أَنساهُمُ لِلخُبزِ وَالمِلحِ

    For he is the basest among humankind,

    the most forgetful of bread and salt.

  3. أَقَلُّ ما قاسَيتُ مِن مَطلِهِ

    أَكثَرُ ما يَبلُغُهُ شَرحي

    The least I have suffered from his stalling

    is the utmost my account can convey.

  4. فَلا رَعاهُ اللَهُ مِن ساقِطٍ

    لا يَعرِفُ الهَجوَ مِنَ المَدحِ

    So may God not protect him, the wretch

    who cannot tell satire from praise.