1. They claimed that you, O Khallad
A lax caretaker

2. Borrow a spear from your neighbor
During times of discord

3. To defend people at your wedding
With a borrowed spear

4. I said do not blame him for that
That is no shame

5. A knight may excel in battle
With a borrowed spear

6. If you could see the old man
Twirling it like a spindle

7. As he stuffs in its shaft
The foreskin of a stallion

8. Your eyes would see a piercing
Flying with sparks

9. May Allah protect you, sheikh
Other than the unprotected rabble

10. Never shall your wedding be
For a friend or neighbor

11. To sport in it like rats
Like the rats of a donkey

12. With your consent, though you are a man
Who consents to trivialities