قل للمسمَّى بما تكنى الكلاب به

قل للمسمَّى بما تكنى الكلاب به

قولاً سيلحقه عاراً فيلحقُهُ

قولاً سيلحقه عاراً فيلحقُهُ

Say to the one who bears the nickname given to dogs

Say to the one called what dogs are nicknamed with

words that will bring him disgrace, which will then cling to him:

Words that will bring him shame that will afflict him

يا مبتلىً ببلاءٍ لا ثواب له

يا مبتلىً ببلاءٍ لا ثواب له

يوم الحساب ولكن سوف يوبقه

يوم الحساب ولكن سوف يوبقه

O you afflicted with an affliction that earns no reward

O you afflicted with an affliction that has no reward

on the Day of Reckoning, but will bring you to ruin.

On the Day of Judgement, but it will make him perish

ما قلت فيك هجاء خلته كذباً

ما قلت فيك هجاء خلته كذباً

إلا بدت منك سوءات تحققه

إلا بدت منك سوءات تحققه

Never have I uttered satire about you that I thought a lie,

What I said about you was not slander made up

but shameful faults emerged from you to prove it true.

Except your evils appeared that prove it

أنَّى اجتبيت أبا حفص وصحبته

أنَّى اجتبيت أبا حفص وصحبته

حتى غدوت تؤاخيه فتصدقه

حتى غدوت تؤاخيه فتصدقه

How did you choose Abu Hafs and keep his company,

How did you choose Abu Hafs and befriend him

until you came to treat him as a brother and believe him?

Until you became like brothers and believed him

بالله ربك هل شبَّهت صلعته

بالله ربك هل شبَّهت صلعته

برأس أير عظيم كنت تعشقه

برأس أير عظيم كنت تعشقه

By God, your Lord, did you liken his bald pate

By God your Lord, did you compare his baldness

to the head of a huge cock you used to adore?

To the head of a great donkey that you loved