1. You would be ashamed if you were a virtuous man
Who knows right from wrong

2. You would stop insulting me unjustly
And not make accusations like a pregnant she-camel

3. But your soul refused to heed prohibitions
Of wisdom, valor, success, and attainment

4. You opened the way for me to insult you until
Hidden villainy appeared inside you

5. So keep at it and say "Don't leave a struggler
Who insults a man of sense and valor"

6. You fault me over a morning coffee
An antidote brought from Babylon

7. If he saw it he would collapse from love
And prostrate himself to Satan in vain

8. Oh worst of mornings, all problematic
And the theft of a gluttonous pilferer

9. Your honor is lost, so leave me be
You fool over chickpeas