1. قالوا هجاك أبو حفص فقلت لهم

    عرضي على ذاك وقْفٌ آخر الأبدِ

    They said, “Abu Hafs has lampooned you.” I told them:

    “My honor is an endowment for that man until eternity’s end,

  2. بحاجةٍ إن قضاها وهي هينةٌ

    يُنَزِّهُ الشيخُ في تلك الصُّحون يدي

    in return for one favor—if he grants it, and it is easy—

    that the old man let my hand roam for pleasure over those platters.

  3. من لي بذاك وعرْضي ما حييتُ له

    بلا قَصَاصٍ ولا عقلٍ ولا قَوَدِ

    Who will secure that for me? My honor, as long as I live, is his,

    without retaliation, blood money, or retaliatory execution.

  4. تبارك اللّه ما أحلى مَصَافِعَهُ

    على البنان وأنداها على الكبدِ

    Blessed be God! How sweet his slappable spots are

    to the fingertips, and how cooling to the liver!”