1. قالوا لقد صار في مُهذّبكم

    شيءٌ به الآن شاعَ في بلدِهْ

    They said: There has indeed arisen in your Muhadhdhab

    something for which he is now widely known in his town.

  2. يفعلُ في جوفِ

    فعلَ سواهُ تلذّذاً بيدِهْ

    He performs in the hollow of ...

    another's act, for pleasure, with his hand.

  3. فقلتُ يا قومُ عنهُ معتذراً

    لكي أقيمَ المعوجّ من أوَدِهْ

    So I said, O people, making excuses for him,

    to straighten what is twisted in his crooked ways:

  4. ميراثُه ذاك عن أبيهِ ولنْ

    يبرحَ حتى يصيرَ في ولَدِهْ

    That is his inheritance from his father, and it will not

    depart until it passes to his offspring.