1. Abu Amr Umayr ibn Ja'far invited us
To a feast of cock after the appointed time

2. He brought forward a fattened, stuffed cock
Dressed in the clothes of a mosque's muezzin

3. Telling us tales of the people of Hud and Salih
And the strangest he met, Amr ibn Murthid

4. And he said, "For long have I glorified dawn
Staying up through the night, vigilant like a sentry"

5. "Shall a muezzin be slaughtered amongst Muslims
Faithful to the religion of the Prophet Muhammad?"

6. So I said to him, "O cock, you speak truly,
In what you have said, none can find fault."

7. "It is no sin of the guests should doom befall you.
For death lies in wait to ambush all cocks."