1. إِنَّ البَخَيري مُذ فارَقتُموهُ غَدا

    يَسفي الرَمادَ عَلى كانونِهِ الحَرِبِ

    Indeed, since you left him, al-Bakhayri has begun

    scattering ashes over his barren hearth.

  2. لَو شِئتُم أَنَّهُ يُمسي أَبا لَهَبٍ

    جاءَت بِغالُكُمُ حَمّالَةَ الحَطَبِ

    If you wished him to become Abu Lahab by evening,

    your mules would come bearing firewood.