1. أصبح هذا الجحرُ قد وافقَتْ

    أسماؤه الشنعُ معانيهِ

    Now this burrow is such that

    its hideous names match its nature.

  2. لم يخل من أير ومن عَيْبةٍ

    مُذْ شُقَّ فوهُ لمُناغيهِ

    It has never been free of a cock or a fault,

    since its mouth was split open for the one cooing to it.

  3. فَحَيَّةٌ تدخُل في دُبرهِ

    وحيَّةٌ تخرجُ من فيهِ

    For a snake enters its anus,

    and a snake emerges from its mouth.

  4. كذلك الحيّاتُ فيما يُرى

    تأتي من الجحرِ وتأتيه

    Thus snakes, as can be seen,

    come from a burrow and come to it.

  5. وليس ما يأْتي بهِ مُنْكَراً

    ولا يقولُ الإفكَ هاجيه

    And what it does is nothing strange,

    nor does its satirist speak falsehood.