1. لا تغافلْ يا أبا الصق

    رِ وليستْ فيك غفلَهْ

    Do not feign heedlessness, O Abu al-Saqr,

    when there is no heedlessness in you.

  2. إن حرمانَك مَنْ لم

    تحرمِ العافينَ قبلَهْ

    Indeed, your turning someone away, when you had never

    turned away the supplicants before him,

  3. مُثْلَةٌ منك به في ال

    ناسِ تُنسي كلَّ مُثلهْ

    is a mutilation you inflict on him among the

    people, making every other mutilation forgotten.

  4. وجزاءُ المدحِ بالمث

    لةِ شيءٌ لسْتَ أهلَهْ

    And repaying praise with mutilation

    is something unworthy of you.