1. بُدِّلتَ بَعدَ تَأَنُّسٍ بِتَوَحُّشِ

    وَأَعَرتَ سَمعَكَ مَن يُبَلِّغُ أَو يَشي

    After intimacy, you have become estranged,

    And you lent your ear to whoever brings reports or slanders.

  2. وَزَعَمتَ أَنّي ذاهِلٌ فَمَنِ الَّذي

    يُدعى خَليفَةَ عُروَةٍ وَمُرَقِّشِ

    You claimed that I am heedless—then who is it

    Who is called the successor to ʿUrwah and Muraqqish?

  3. لا مُتُّ إِن كانَ الَّذي بُلِّغتَهُ

    حَتّى أُرى في صورَةِ اِبنِ الأَعمَشِ

    May I not die, if what you were told is true,

    Until I am seen in the likeness of Ibn al-Aʿmash.