1. As if when his father came upon his mother,
He brought in his lap a cup of wormwood -
١. كأنّ أباه حين واقع أمَّه
أتاها وفي إحليله كُوزُ بَلْغَمِ
2. So she bore him an ugly, cursed ape
For the meanness and wretchedness in him.
٢. فجاءت به قرداً قبيحاً مقبَّحاً
على ما به من قلَّة وتَبظْرُمِ