ضَعَةٌ لِلزَمانِ عِندي وَعَكسُ

ضَعَةٌ لِلزَمانِ عِندي وَعَكسُ

إِذ تَوَلّى بِزُرجَسابورَ جِبسُ

إِذ تَوَلّى بِزُرجَسابورَ جِبسُ

To me, a debasement of the age and a reversal,

The times bring me low, yet raise him high

when a vile fool took charge of Bizurj-Sabur.

Since Jibis went off to rule in Zarjusabur.

شَخصُهُ المُزدَرى عِندي وَمَخبَرُهُ المَش

شَخصُهُ المُزدَرى عِندي وَمَخبَرُهُ المَش

نوءُ قُبحاً وَرَأيُهُ المُستَخَسُّ

نوءُ قُبحاً وَرَأيُهُ المُستَخَسُّ

His person is despised in my eyes, and his inner character abhorred—

His wretched self I scorn, his words, his views-

for its ugliness—and his judgment held in contempt.

All ugly and mean and vulgarized.

يَتَعاطى القَريضَ وَهوَ جَمادُ ال

يَتَعاطى القَريضَ وَهوَ جَمادُ ال

ذِهنِ يَجفو عَنِ القَريضِ وَيَعسو

ذِهنِ يَجفو عَنِ القَريضِ وَيَعسو

He attempts verse, though he is dull of

He scribbles verse, this clod without a mind

mind, turning away from verse and remaining unyielding.

Deaf to all poesy, spreading blight.

سَمِعَ الضارِطونَ فيهِ فَأَنشا

سَمِعَ الضارِطونَ فيهِ فَأَنشا

بِغَباءٍ مِنَ الجَهالَةِ يَفسو

بِغَباءٍ مِنَ الجَهالَةِ يَفسو

The noisy farters heard about him, so he began,

The ignorant applaud him, and he sings

in stupidity born of ignorance, to fart silently.

More rubbish from his font of idiocy.