1. He soils his beard as it grows long,
And combs it as one combs matted wool.
١. يُلَوِّثُ لِحيَةً عَرُضَت وَطالَت
وَيَمرُثُها كَتَمريثِ الخَميدَه
2. What a beard you have, and what grief and gray!
As if you had eaten with it rotten meat.
٢. فَيا لَكِ لِحيَةً وَضَرى وَشَيباً
كَأَنَّكَ قَد أَكَلتَ بِها مَضيرَه