1. When the fox went too far in his transgression
And his predestined end was behind him

2. Allah poured upon him from his enemies
A whip of torment, poured from the heavens

3. Blessed is He who gives abundantly of His bounty
You see him tending to his flock in their pens

4. The old shepherd huddling his sons
Cradling them at night in their blankets

5. Drawing them close to his bosom
And if one was bare, he would wrap them in his cloak

6. Fearing hunger's pangs and their cries
He scrimps on the coarsest food for his dependents

7. My brother Ukul scrimped on his provisions
Selling in the name of Allah his worthless wares

8. His exaltations and praises were his prayers
Until when he was laid out in his death shroud

9. And his beard was upon his loved ones
And nothing could save him from his illness

10. The breaths exhaled in their relief
His lungs gurgled upon his bowels

11. And his jaws clamped upon his gums
Like a padlock clasping its hoop

12. As if seeking acquittal in his demise
Of a debt that he had no choice but to pay

13. So the fox probed in his blood
What a return to your ruins!