أَهَنتَ هَجائي يا اِبنَ عُروَةَ فَاِنتَحى

أَهَنتَ هَجائي يا اِبنَ عُروَةَ فَاِنتَحى

عَلَيَّ مَلامُ الناسَ في البُعدِ وَالقُربِ

عَلَيَّ مَلامُ الناسَ في البُعدِ وَالقُربِ

You debased my satire, O son of ʿUrwa, and so fell

You reviled me, son of Urwah, so move aside,

Upon me the reproaches of people far and near.

The people blame me for attacking you, far and near,

وَقالوا أَتَهجو مِثلَهُ في سُقوطِهِ

وَقالوا أَتَهجو مِثلَهُ في سُقوطِهِ

فَقُلتُ لَهُم جَرَّبتُ سَيفي عَلى كَلبِ

فَقُلتُ لَهُم جَرَّبتُ سَيفي عَلى كَلبِ

And they said, “Would you satirize one as base as he?”

And said, “How could you satirize a fallen man like him?”

So I told them, “I tested my sword on a dog.”

I said to them, “I tested my sword on a dog.”