مَن يَأمَنِ البَلوى وَبَينا فَتىً

مَن يَأمَنِ البَلوى وَبَينا فَتىً

مِن آلِ وَهبٍ بَينَنا إِذ حَبَق

مِن آلِ وَهبٍ بَينَنا إِذ حَبَق

Who is safe from calamity? And while a youth

Who can be secure from affliction, though he be an accomplished youth,

of the house of Wahb was among us, he suddenly farted.

Of the sons of Wahb, when amongst us was Waheb?

سَأَلتُ عَن ذاكَ فَقيلَ اِستُهُ

سَأَلتُ عَن ذاكَ فَقيلَ اِستُهُ

مَكشوفَةٌ لَيسَ عَلَيها طَبَق

مَكشوفَةٌ لَيسَ عَلَيها طَبَق

I asked about that, and was told: 'His anus

I asked concerning him, and it was said, "Be silent;

is uncovered, with no cover over it.'

His sore is open, nor is there any bandage over it."

لَو عَصَرَت عُنقَ ظَليمٍ وَقَد

لَو عَصَرَت عُنقَ ظَليمٍ وَقَد

أَدخَلَ فيها رَأسَهُ ما اختَنَق

أَدخَلَ فيها رَأسَهُ ما اختَنَق

If it squeezed a male ostrich's neck, when he had already

Hadst thou squeezed the neck of a wronged man, after

put his head inside it, he would not suffocate.

He had thrust his head into it, he would not have been choked.

قُلنا وَقَد أَنطَقَها بَعدَهُ

قُلنا وَقَد أَنطَقَها بَعدَهُ

يا ذا اللِسانَينِ إِذا ما نَطَق

يا ذا اللِسانَينِ إِذا ما نَطَق

We said—and he had made it speak after him—

We said, when, after him, it spoke,

'O two-tongued one!' whenever he spoke.

"O thou of two tongues, when it speaks, be silent."