أقبلَ من كندرٍ مُسَيخرَةٌ

أقبلَ من كندرٍ مُسَيخرَةٌ

للنحسِ في وجههِ عَلاماتُ

للنحسِ في وجههِ عَلاماتُ

A little buffoon came from Kundur;

A youth from Kindar came mocking ill-omen,

signs of ill fortune mark his face.

Though on his face were its apparent signs.

يحضُرُ دورَ الأميرِ وهو فتىً

يحضُرُ دورَ الأميرِ وهو فتىً

موضع أمثالِهِ الخراباتُ

موضع أمثالِهِ الخراباتُ

He frequents the prince's residences, though he is a young fellow

He frequents the abodes of the prince, though he

whose kind belong among the ruins.

Is proper to be the theme of admonitions.

فهوَ جحيمٌ ودبرُهُ سعةً

فهوَ جحيمٌ ودبرُهُ سعةً

كجنّةٍ عرضُها السماواتُ

كجنّةٍ عرضُها السماواتُ

So he is hell, and his anus, in breadth,

Before him is Hell, but behind him reprieve,

is like a paradise as wide as the heavens.

Like a garden, the breadth of it the skies.