1. The beard of Al-Mu'ayyad Al-Jazari
Is totally filthy
١. ذقنُ المعينِ الجزري
جَميعُها في قَذَري
2. Nay, filthier than a dog's filth, fie!
And shame on my clutter!
٢. بَل قذَر الكّلبِ وحا
شايَ وَحاشا مَبْعري
3. They said, "Describe him, maybe
We'll recognize him by the news."
٣. قالوا فَصِفهْ رْبّما
نَعرِفُه بِالخَبرِ
4. I said to them, "An evil old man,
His nostrils like a donkey's nostrils
٤. قلتْ لَهُم شيخٌ رَدٍ
مَنْخَرْهُ كَمَنْ خري
5. And his moustache like my pubic hair
With white dandruff."
٥. وَشارِباهْ مثلْ شَعْ
رِ أستيَ بالخُرءِ الطّري