دخل الأير مرةً درب كسٍّ

دخل الأير مرةً درب كسٍّ

تائها في مهامه وبطاح

تائها في مهامه وبطاح

The cock once entered the path of a cunt,

The knight once entered a rugged path

wandering lost in trackless wastes and broad plains.

Wandering in his efforts and fell down

ثم لما أعيا سرى قال دربي

ثم لما أعيا سرى قال دربي

بحياتي عليك درب الفقاح

بحياتي عليك درب الفقاح

Then, weary from night travel, he said, “Take me,

Then when he was exhausted, he walked on and said:

by my life, I beg you, down the path to the anus.”

By my life, you are a path of disgrace

فأتى الماء واستراح وغنى

فأتى الماء واستراح وغنى

طرق الجد غير طرقِ المزاح

طرق الجد غير طرقِ المزاح

So he reached the water, rested, and sang:

So he came to the water and rested and sang

“The ways of earnestness differ from the ways of jest.”

The ways of seriousness are not the ways of jest