1. How strange is Khaled
In his patience and composure
١. يا عجباً من خالدٍ
في صبْرِهِ وجلَدِهْ
2. May God destroy him, yet
He is not deterred from his right mind
٢. قاتله اللّه فَمَا
أبْعَدَهُ من رَشَدِهْ
3. He inserts into his wife
The hand of another man
٣. يُولجُ في زوجتهِ
أَيْرَ سِوَاهُ بِيَدِهْ
4. He milks a billy goat like him
In the lap of his wife's mother
٤. يحْلُبُ تيساً مثلَه
في قَعْبِ أُمِّ وَلَدهْ
5. With an evil palm she was hit
Her arm broken from her shoulder
٥. بِكَفِّ سوءٍ بُتِكَتْ
ذِراعُها من عَضُدِهْ
6. He mounts her in his house
On the pillows of his bed
٦. يُبْرِكُها في بَيْتِهِ
على حشايا مُهُدِهْ
7. He takes by force the money
Of a boy's pay in his hand
٧. يقبِضُ بالخَمْسِ على
أيْرِ غُلامٍ بيده
8. And he celebrates his wedding
With a number of his count
٨. ويَنْتَحِي في عِرْسِهِ
بِعُدَّةٍ من عُددِهْ
9. The boy whose money he took
Is the best part of his body
٩. أيْرُ غُلام أيْرُهُ
أعْظَمُ ما في جسدهْ
10. He strikes him with a truncheon when
He cries out from his liver
١٠. يضْربُ بالحُوقِ إذا
أنْعَظ أعْلَى كَبِدهْ
11. He makes him serve his wedding
All night until morning
١١. يُعْملُهُ في عِرْسِهِ
لَيْلَتَهُ إلى غَدِهْ
12. And if a jealous man saw
In his house or town
١٢. ولَو رأى ذا غيْرَةٍ
في بيْتِهِ أو بلَدِهْ
13. He would thunder and reckon him
A jinn of his thunder
١٣. أرْعدَ أوْ تَحْسَبهُ
ذا جِنَّةٍ منْ رَعَدِهْ
14. Who can match Khaled
In his composure and patience
١٤. منْ ذا يُضَاهِي خالداً
في حلْمه وجلدِهْ