1. أَبوكَ أَبوكَ وَأَنتَ اِبنُهُ

    فَبِئسَ البُنَيُّ وَبِئسَ الأَبُ

    Your father is your father, and you are his son.

    So vile is the little son, and vile the father.

  2. وَأُمُّكَ سَوداءُ مَودونَةٌ

    كَأَنَّ أَنامِلَها الحُنظُبُ

    And your mother is black and stunted,

    As though her fingertips were black beetles.

  3. يَبيتُ أَبوكَ بِها مُعرِساً

    كَما ساوَرَ الهُوَّةَ الثَعلَبُ

    Your father spends the night coupling with her,

    Like a fox pouncing at a pit.

  4. فَما مِنكَ أَعجَبُ يا اِبنِ اِستِها

    وَلَكِنَّني مِن أُلى أَعجَبُ

    So I do not marvel at you, O son of her arse;

    But I marvel at those who,

  5. إِذا سَمِعوا الغَيَّ آدوا لَهُ

    تُيوسٌ تَنِبُّ إِذا تَضرِبُ

    When they hear of depravity, incline toward it:

    He-goats that bleat when they mate.

  6. تَرى التَيسَ عِندَهُمُ كَالجَوادِ

    بَلِ التَيسُ وَسطَهُمُ أَنجَبُ

    You see the he-goat among them as a noble steed;

    Rather, the he-goat in their midst is better bred.

  7. فَلا تَدعُهُم لِقِراعِ الكُماةِ

    وَنادِ إِلى سَوأَةٍ يَركَبوا

    So do not summon them to clash with warriors;

    And call them to a crotch—they will mount it.