1. لا تَرقُدَن وَاِبنَ ثُرَيّا مَعاً

    فَإِنَّهُ أَطمَعُ مِن أَشعَبِ

    Do not sleep together with Ibn Thurayya,

    for he is greedier than Ashʿab.

  2. كَم دَبَّ كَالعَقرَبِ سَكَراً وَكَم

    قَد قَتَلوهُ قِتلَةَ العَقرَبِ

    How often he has crept like a scorpion, drunk, and how often

    they have killed him as one kills a scorpion!