1. My need is an arduous one, burdening
Every spiteful, envious soul.

2. It has a complexion like your reputation -
Neither mine nor my fortune from kin or stranger.

3. So send it as a chirping bird like my face,
Smooth from a molten iron mold.

4. Make it long like my spear
And my tongue, unlike my neck and arms.

5. That I may see in Damascus a lewd old man
In a shirt from Iraq, brand new.