1. أَتاني بِإِسنادِهِ مُخبِرٌ

    وَقَد بانَ لي كَذبُ الناقِلِ

    An informant came to me with his chain of transmission,

    though the transmitter’s falsehood had become clear to me.

  2. أَذو العِصمَةِ العاقِلُ الآدَميُّ

    إِلّا كَذي العُصمَةِ العاقِلِ

    Is the rational human, endowed with infallibility,

    anything but like the white-forelegged ibex seeking refuge on high?

  3. وَلا فَضلَ فينا وَلَكِنَّها

    حُظوظٌ مِنَ الفَلَكِ الصاقِلِ

    There is no merit in us; these are only

    shares of fortune from the burnishing celestial sphere.

  4. فَهَذا كَسَحبانَ لَمّا اِحتَبى

    وَذَلِكَ في سَمَلَي باقِلِ

    So this one is like Sahban when he sat clasping his knees,

    and that one is in Baqil’s two threadbare garments.