أضحى عراجة قد تعوج دينه

أضحى عراجة قد تعوج دينه

بعد المشيب تعوج المسمار

بعد المشيب تعوج المسمار

ʿArāja’s faith has now grown crooked,

The spindle has become crooked in its faith

after his hair turned gray, like a bent nail.

After aging, even nails bend

وإذا نظرت إلى عراجة خلته

وإذا نظرت إلى عراجة خلته

فرجت قوائمه بأير حمار

فرجت قوائمه بأير حمار

And when you look at ʿArāja, you would think

And when I looked at the spindle and left it alone

his legs had been spread apart by a donkey’s cock.

I saw its legs were bent like a donkey's leg