إنَّ ابن رُزَّيكَ ذقنُ

إنَّ ابن رُزَّيكَ ذقنُ

جوف أصل رحمِ أمِّهِ وأُمّي

جوف أصل رحمِ أمِّهِ وأُمّي

Indeed, Ibn Ruzzayk is the chin

The son of Ruzzayk has a long chin

of the hollow at the root of his mother's womb—and my mother's,

From the womb of the origin of his mother and mine

أنا واسُمه وجيهٌ

أنا واسُمه وجيهٌ

فاعجَبُ لَجمعِ اسمهِ معَ اسمي

فاعجَبُ لَجمعِ اسمهِ معَ اسمي

my own; and his name is Wajih.

I am named Wajeeh

So marvel at his name joined with mine.

So wonder at the gathering of his name with mine

مقالةٌ لا أُلامُ فيها

مقالةٌ لا أُلامُ فيها

قَد جَمَعَتْ شَتْمَهُ وَشَتْمي

قَد جَمَعَتْ شَتْمَهُ وَشَتْمي

A saying for which I am not to blame

An article in which I am not blamed

has combined an insult to him with an insult to me.

That brought together insulting him and insulting me

مَدَحْتُه وَهْوَ لَمْ يُفَرِّقْ

مَدَحْتُه وَهْوَ لَمْ يُفَرِّقْ

ما بينَ مَدْحي لهُ وذَمِّي

ما بينَ مَدْحي لهُ وذَمِّي

I praised him, yet he did not distinguish

I praised him while he did not distinguish

between my praise of him and my censure.

Between my praise of him and my insult

حتّى إذا ما دَنَوْتُ منهُ

حتّى إذا ما دَنَوْتُ منهُ

من ساعَتي مُعْلِناً بِنَظمي

من ساعَتي مُعْلِناً بِنَظمي

Until, when I drew near him,

Until when I approached him

at once, reciting my verse aloud,

At my time declaring with my verse

قَلّصَ لي أنفَهْ كأنّي

قَلّصَ لي أنفَهْ كأنّي

في عُبهِ بِكُمي

في عُبهِ بِكُمي

he wrinkled his nose at me, as though I

He wrinkled his nose at me as if I were

were in the bosom of his robe with my sleeve.

In his clothes with dirtiness