1. A eunuch frowned upon by a servant
And assaulted by a raging tempest
١. أكافورُ قُبِّحْتَ من خادِمٍ
ولاقَتْكَ مُسْرعةً جائحهْ
2. I have not seen anyone with an appearance
Like his scandalous morals
٢. فَلَمْ أَرَ مِثْلَكَ ذا مَنْظَرٍ
شبيهٍ بِأَخْلاَقِهِ الفَاضِحَهْ
3. You claimed to be of high breed in the cold
Yet your complexion and odor betrayed you
٣. حَكَيْتَ سَمِيَّكَ في بَرْدِهِ
وأخطأَكَ اللّوْنُ والرائِحَهْ
4. And in ignorance and oblivion I wasted on you
Eighty withering, stray years
٤. وَضَيَّعْتُ بِالجَهْلِ والأَفْنِ فِيْكَ
ثَمَانِنْنَ ثَاوِيَةً طَائِحَهْ
5. As if I had no advisor
To make me abstain from you, no advisor
٥. كأنْ لم يَكُنْ لي من ناصحٍ
يُزَهِّدُ فِيْكَ ولا نَاصِحَهْ
6. A youth in whom every vice was made perfect
So not a single good quality was left in him
٦. غُلاَمٌ تَكَامَلَ فِيْهِ القَبِيْحُ
فَما فِيْهِ من خَلَّةْ صالِحَهْ
7. Slow to respond, so how many screeching calls
Did he not answer, how many screeches!
٧. بَطئُ الجَوَابِ فَكَمْ صَائِحٍ
بِهِ لم يُجِبْهُ وَكَمْ صَائِحَهْ
8. Crying often without reason
His tears kept always flowing
٨. كثيرُ البُكَاءِ بلا عِلّةٍ
فَدَمْعَتُهُ أبداً سَافِحَهْ
9. If I said a stick had set him right
He would stir up grievous matters for us
٩. إذَا قُلْتُ قد قَوَّمَتْهُ العَصَا
أَجَدَّ أُمُوراً لنا فَادِحَهْ
10. Filled up and scrambling on a
Digesting, painful stomach
١٠. مَلِئٌ وَيَسْعَى على مِعْدَةٍ
هَضُومٍ وَوَجْعَاؤُهُ سالِحَهْ
11. And how can one have hope in someone
Whose day is more gloomy and disgraceful than yesterday
١١. وكيف يُؤَمَّلُ مَنْ يَوْمُهُ
أَذَمُّ وَأَخْزَى من البَارِحَهْ