ما لعميدٍ ملكهمْ

ما لعميدٍ ملكهمْ

منْ عاصمٍ أو نافعِ

منْ عاصمٍ أو نافعِ

The chief of their realm has no

What use is a leader who rules them

protector or benefactor;

With neither a protector nor benefactor?

وكلُّ ذلكَ يا مالكي

وكلُّ ذلكَ يا مالكي

بطعنِهِ في الشافعي

بطعنِهِ في الشافعي

and all this, O my master,

And all of that, O Maliki,

is because of his attack on al-Shafi‘i.

Is just your fault-finding of al-Shafi'i.