1. وجهك يا شنطف هول المُطَّلَعْ

    يأخذني منه انتفاض وفزعْ

    Your face, O Shantaf, is a terror to behold.

    Trembling and fright seize me at the sight of it.

  2. ويطلع النحس به إذا طلع

    يا ويح أثوابك لو قد تنتزع

    And ill fortune rises with it whenever it rises.

    Alas for your clothes, if ever they were stripped off:

  3. لنزعت عن برص وعن لمع

    والرأس فيه قزع من القرع

    They would be stripped from white-spotted, blotchy skin.

    And your head bears scattered tufts left by scalp ringworm.

  4. والفرج كالبالوع ما شئت بلع

    And your anus is like a drain: it swallows whatever you wish.