1. I lent him an air, so he returned a tongue,
And so does one who becomes our mate tomorrow.

2. I joked with the old man, yet he kept cursing unrestrained,
While his horns make him fall in different ways.

3. Praise be to Allah for the weaver bird, deluded
That his tongue can resist rats.

4. Leave him be, for even if his horns
Became for you a fort, the young would not frighten you.

5. O you who fear the flood! We have a brother
Whose short horns rise above the flood.

6. So when he assails you, turn to his horns
To be safe from what you dreaded.