1. مُجَرَّبٌ أنهُ إذا نَسَبُ

    عفَّى على اسمٍ فإنّهُ لَقَبُ

    It is proven by experience that when a lineage

    eclipses a name, it is a nickname.

  2. يدعو به الساخرون صاحبَهُ

    وما لهم في دعائهِ أرَبُ

    The mockers call its bearer by it,

    and they have no need to call him so.

  3. افْطُنْ لداعيهِ كيف يَنْسبُهُ

    في موطنٍ ليس حقَّهُ النّسَبُ

    Notice how the one calling him assigns him a lineage

    in a setting where lineage is not called for,

  4. هُزءاً وسُخراً بما تنحّل والنا

    سُ إذا ما تهكَّمُوا قلبوا

    in mockery and scorn of what he falsely claimed; and people,

    when they jeer, turn things on their head.