أقبلَ عند القوم يسألني

أقبلَ عند القوم يسألني

من أيّ أرضَيك نلت إيثارا

من أيّ أرضَيك نلت إيثارا

He approached among the people, asking me:

He came asking amidst the people,

From which of your two lands did you gain favor?

"From which of your lands did you get nobility?"

قلت من النيك ما رأى بصري

قلت من النيك ما رأى بصري

خيراً ولكن رأيت منقارا

خيراً ولكن رأيت منقارا

I said: In fucking, my eyes have not seen

I said, "From the good that my eyes have seen,

any good, but I have seen a beak.

But I have also seen a vulture's beak."