1. شخص مُعاويُّ المِعِيْ

    يُهدي لها طَرفاه زَرْدا

    A man with a Muʿāwiya-like gut:

    his two ends offer it gulp after gulp.

  2. يحكي العصا إن راح يب

    تلعُ العصا لا بل أشدّا

    He resembles the staff when he sets out to swal-

    low a staff—no, more fiercely still.

  3. وتظنه بلعا لشد

    دة بلعه لو كان سعدا

    You would think him Bulaʿ, from the inten-

    sity of his swallowing, were he Saʿd.