اللَهُ يَعلَمُ يا اِبنَ شيـ

اللَهُ يَعلَمُ يا اِبنَ شيـ

ـثٍ ما حَصلتَ مِنَ الكِتابَه

ـثٍ ما حَصلتَ مِنَ الكِتابَه

God knows, O Ibn Shī—

God knows, O son of Sheith

—th, you have gained nothing from writing

What you have gotten from writing

إِلّا عَلى الداءِ الَّذي

إِلّا عَلى الداءِ الَّذي

خُصَّت بِهِ تِلكَ العِصابَه

خُصَّت بِهِ تِلكَ العِصابَه

but the ailment that

Except exposing the disease with which

was peculiar to that band.

That gang was afflicted