ملقنى سنب وقوس وارتجل

وتمدق حين طعم مذغ العسل

Sanb [uncertain name] flattered me, bowed, and improvised.

And he smacked his lips when he tasted and chewed the honey.

وارتقص لما تبدا نظمكم

وحمى رأسه وقد كل ارتقل

And he danced when your verse appeared.

And his head grew hot; already weary, he [unclear verb].

وتغزل في هوى ساجي الرنا

الذي أنفه كما زب الجمل

And he sang of love for one with a languid gaze,

whose nose was like a camel's penis.

عج مثل الخردله عنده وإن

مال يتهادق براسه في زحل

ʿUj was like a mustard seed beside him; and if

he leaned, his head bumped against Saturn.

حين تسافر في فيافي قده

ماتصل إلا العشى عند الكعل

When you travel through the wildernesses of his stature,

you reach his ankle [uncertain reading] only at evening.

وتذرع في ملاوى خصره

وتقهوى فرخ في ذاك المحل

And you pace through the twists of his waist,

and refresh yourself with a chick in that place.

وتسرج في دياجي دقنه

فاتني والشمس في برج الحمل

And you light a lamp in the darkness of his beard;

then come to me while the sun is in Aries.

وتوضا في مجاري ريقه

وتسرح ركعتين فوق السبل

And perform ablutions in the channels of his saliva,

and send forth two prayer cycles atop his moustache.

وتنفل فوق ذروةِ أنفه

فهناك مسجد كبير باربع قبل

And offer voluntary prayers on the summit of his nose:

for there stands a large mosque with four prayer directions.

وتشاهد وسط قلزم ثغره

كل حوتى يخترط باربع سبل

And amid the ocean of his mouth you behold

every fish darting out with four whiskers.

يشوى العنقاد في شمس الضحى

ويعلق خنجفيره في الطفل

The ʿanqād [unclear term] is roasted in the forenoon sun,

and his khanjafīr [unclear term] is hung in the clay.

والبقر ترعى بوادي ظهره

حيث هنالك مغرمه يرعى الوبل

And cattle graze in the valley of his back,

where his besotted lover tends the downpour.

من أراد أن يجتنى ورد الخدود

ويصل عند الفراسك والقبل

Whoever wishes to pluck the roses of the cheeks

and reach the peaches and kisses,

فيركب له سقاله في الهوى

كل من دب على الدرب وصل

let him erect a scaffold for himself in the air.

Everyone who crept along the path arrived.

كم تكسر في هواه مغرم

وبقى في باب نوح قافز جبل

How many a lover was broken by love for him,

and a mountain-leaper remained at Noah's gate.

والسلام الفايح العرف على

مهدى الأبيات مولانا الأجل

And peace, wafting fragrance, be upon

the giver of the verses, our most exalted master.