وكانت له جارية يتحظاها من جواريه، فأمرها أن تغني، وتناول كأسا ليشربه، فحبس الله لسانها عن كل شيء، فغنت كليب لعمري كان أكثر ناصرا *** وأيسر ذنبا منك ضرج بالدم فرماها بالكأس الذي في يده، وأمر بها فطرحت للأسد
He had a slave girl whom he favored; he commanded her to sing, and he took a cup to drink. But God constrained her tongue, so that all she could sing was Kulayb, by my life, was a better defender and less guilty than you, yet he became stained with his own blood. He threw the cup he was holding at her. He gave orders concerning her, and she was thrown to the lions