1. ابنُ الجغانيّ غدا عِندنا

    بضِدّ ما كان بِقُطرَبُّلِ

    Ibn al-Jaghani has become, here among us,

    the opposite of what he was in Qutrabbul:

  2. صاعقةً أرسلها ربُّها

    بِأرض سنجار على مَن بُلى

    a thunderbolt sent by its Lord

    upon those afflicted in the land of Sinjar.

  3. دلّى ذُؤاباتٍ وقال انظروا

    سِبطَ النَبيِّ المُصطَفى المُرسَل

    He let his forelocks hang down and said, "Behold

    the grandson of the Prophet, the Chosen Messenger!"

  4. حاشى السَراة الغُرَّ من هاشم

    أن يَقرُبوا من مُدَّح مُمحِل

    Far be it for the illustrious nobles of Hashim

    to be kin to a claimant [reading uncertain], a schemer.

  5. يَأنف من نسبته كلُّ مَن

    يَرجع في الناسِ إلى أَوَّل

    Kinship with him is scorned by everyone who

    among people traces his descent to a forebear.

  6. إن كان حقّاً ما ادَّعى قُل له

    يُظهِر ذاكَ الأمرَ في المَوصل

    If what he claims is true, tell him

    to proclaim that claim in Mosul.

  7. السَوطُ والتجريسُ قدّامه

    وإن تمادى أمرُه يُقتَل

    The whip and public shaming lie ahead of him,

    and if his claim persists, he will be killed.

  8. أراحَنا منه الذي صاغَه

    من جَبَل الجوديّ كالجَندل

    May we be rid of him by the One who fashioned him

    from Mount al-Judi, like a boulder.