1. What a wonder this is
A red cow with a tail

2. In her udder is milk
That flows when milked

3. Never gets angry when insulted
While people get angry when insulted

4. There must be a reason for this
Guess, what is the reason?

5. Of the wonders seen in Egypt
Grapes are seen on vines

6. And dates are seen on palms
They say ripe dates too are seen

7. Beautiful wheat in it like this
In Giza, sugarcane is grown

8. Flowers and the tongue
Are two colors, no lie

9. Like Jews in a monastery mixed
With Christians moved by rapture

10. And arches of Umm al-Hasan in it
Water flows in the greenery

11. And the tent, people say, when
Pitched, a rope is tied to it

12. And the boat, after loaded
In the sea, sails away

13. The whites, when hungry, eat
The browns, when thirsty, drink

14. The camel has no beak
The goose has no stump

15. The goose lays with its hole
And sits on it to hatch

16. And the hatched gosling in Balqis
In the nest has down