1. A mouth to live, would it have musk hung over it
It would repair it, and opposites each other opposites repair
١. لِيَحيى فَمٌ لَو عُلِّقَ المِسكُ فَوقَهُ
لَأَصلَحَهُ وَالضِدُّ يُصلِحُهُ الضِدُّ
2. You see his friends, civilised, from the stench of his breath
As though from long drinking his saliva they have become sick
٢. تَرى صَحبَهُ الحُضّارَ مِن نَتنِ ريحِهِ
كَأَنَّهُمُ مِن طولِ ما اِلتَثَموا مُردُ