1. You have imitated the arrogant Bedouins
Thus your ugliness betrays your affectation

2. Though your eloquent Nabataean tongue
You've turned into the language of uncouth Bedouins

3. Your teacher is a pious man but
Swathed in his wide cloak, stained with dye

4. And forget not what your father promised yesterday
Vows not kept, like slit shoes, worn thin

5. Though you've memorized verse and grammar
You're not like one who's memorized Surat Yusuf