1. I am poor to him who knows me not
Though my complexion be olive brown like Arabs

2. He who saw a gazelle with pearls upon it
Ruddy-cheeked, coupled with a young mountain goat

3. Would blame the white paper that gave it fatherhood
Though indeed it was, nor falsely was it called, a father

4. Keep the company of good men and long for them
Many a man by keeping his company is like a mangy camel

5. And speak the truth when you talk to people
And leave lies to him who wants to lie

6. Many a bony fellow has a fat house
And the fat house belongs to a worthless family

7. My darling has got sickly and fevered
With her yelling or just being noisy

8. She's begun spitting in the fat of millet
And reckons blaming to be a raging, plundering fever

9. Don't blame her, she is but a woman
Whose salt is on her camel's hump

10. She makes trouble like a mare
Whenever she is told "Hi" or "Ho"