The meaning of the poet's statement: "You treated the scholars when they called you *** to the truth, rather with tyranny and aggression. If you are anything, you are like flies when they see *** food, oh for the falling of the flies"

The Shaykh :"You treated the scholars when they called you *** to the truth"
With what? With kindness? So that is why he said
"*** rather with tyranny" "*** rather with tyranny and aggression"
"If you are anything, you are like flies when they see *** food, oh for the falling of the flies"
It means you are like flies when they see sweet food and find meat, it falls off, but if you blow on it just once, here
The student: They flee

The Shaykh : They fly away, or if you move the least bit of the palm frond, they flee. So that is why he said
"And when they see panic, their hearts scatter *** like the partridge driven by the hawks"
I think it is with a kasrah, because "al-aqaban" is the plural of "uqab." The "uqab" is a known bird, and the "baghath" is a known bird, but it is cowardly. When it sees the "uqab," the "uqab" bird, its heart flies and it runs away. Then the "uqab" comes after it and strikes it with its beak, and it is on the ground. It also compares them to what?
The student: The partridge

The Shaykh : The partridge is driven by the "uqab." Good.