يا عادِياً عَدوَ السَفي

يا عادِياً عَدوَ السَفي

هِ وَعائِداً عَودَ الحَليمِ

هِ وَعائِداً عَودَ الحَليمِ

O you who run as a fool runs,

O passerby abusing my friend

and return as a forbearing man returns:

Returning with patience’s grace,

ضَيَّعتَ مِقرَعَةً وَعُد

ضَيَّعتَ مِقرَعَةً وَعُد

تَ سَمِيَّها مِن غَيرِ ميمِ

تَ سَمِيَّها مِن غَيرِ ميمِ

You lost a whip (miqraʿa), and came back

You’ve ruined a promised event,

as its namesake, minus the letter mīm.

And named it without mem’s trace.