أَيري لَهُ فَضلٌ عَلى آيارِهِم

أَيري لَهُ فَضلٌ عَلى آيارِهِم

وَإِذا أَشَظَّ سَجَدنَ غَيرَ أَوابِ

وَإِذا أَشَظَّ سَجَدنَ غَيرَ أَوابِ

My cock has an advantage over their cocks.

Does he have any virtue over his peers?

And when it stands erect, they prostrate themselves, not in repentance.

And if he frowns, others prostrate unwillingly,

وَكَأَنَّ هامَةَ رَأسِهِ بِطّيخَةٌ

وَكَأَنَّ هامَةَ رَأسِهِ بِطّيخَةٌ

حُمِلَت إِلى مَلِكٍ بِدَجلَةَ جابِ

حُمِلَت إِلى مَلِكٍ بِدَجلَةَ جابِ

And the crown of its head is like a watermelon

As if the blackness of his head was a melon

Carried to a tribute-collecting king by the Tigris.

Taken to a king across the Tigris as gift.