1. أَبا حاتم ما أَنتَ حاتمُ طَيّئٍ

    وَما أَنتَ إِلا حاتمُ الحدثان

    O Abu Hatim, you are no Hatim of Tayy;

    you are nothing but the raven of misfortune.

  2. خطبت فَفَرَّقتَ الجَميع بلكنَةٍ

    فَما الظَنُّ لَو تُعطى بَيانَ لِسان

    You spoke and scattered the whole gathering with your faltering speech;

    what, then, might we expect if you were granted an eloquent tongue?

  3. كَأَنَّهمُ مِن سُرعَةِ البَين أودِعُوا

    جَناحيك وَاستُحثِثتَ للطيران

    They parted so swiftly, as though they had been lodged

    in your two wings, and you had been spurred to fly.