يا أَبا القاسِمَ هَل أَبصَرتَ

يا أَبا القاسِمَ هَل أَبصَرتَ

شِبهاً لَكَ في قُبحِك

شِبهاً لَكَ في قُبحِك

O Abu al-Qasim, have you seen

O Abu al-Qasim, have you seen

anyone like you in your ugliness,

Anyone as ugly as you

وَنَظيراً لَكَ في شُؤ

وَنَظيراً لَكَ في شُؤ

مِكَ أَو لُؤمِكَ أَو شُحِّك

مِكَ أَو لُؤمِكَ أَو شُحِّك

and an equal to you in your ill-

Or as wicked as you

omen, or your baseness, or your stinginess?

Or as stingy as you?

إِنَّ مَن شَبَّهَكَ الكَلبَ

إِنَّ مَن شَبَّهَكَ الكَلبَ

فَقَد بالَغَ في مَدحِك

فَقَد بالَغَ في مَدحِك

Indeed, whoever likened you to a dog

Whoever compares you to a dog

has surely gone too far in praising you.

Surely flatters you