كَملَت في المُبَرَّدِ الآدابُ

كَملَت في المُبَرَّدِ الآدابُ

وَاِستُقِلَّت في عَقلِهِ الأَلبابُ

وَاِستُقِلَّت في عَقلِهِ الأَلبابُ

The literary arts reached perfection in al-Mubarrad;

Complete in al-Mubarrad's mind were the literary arts,

And other minds were deemed small beside his intellect.

Independent within his intellect were the intellectual powers,

غَيرَ أَنَّ الفَتى كَما زَعَمَ النا

غَيرَ أَنَّ الفَتى كَما زَعَمَ النا

سُ دَعِيٌّ مُصَحِّفٌ كَذّابُ

سُ دَعِيٌّ مُصَحِّفٌ كَذّابُ

Yet the fellow, as claimed by the peo-

Except that the young man, as people claim,

-ple, is an impostor, a misreader, a liar.

Is an impudent forger and liar.