1. ما سَبَّني العَوّامُ إِلّا لِأَنَّهُ

    أَخو سَمَكٍ في البَحرِ جارُ التَماسِحِ

    Al-ʿAwwām reviled me only because he is

    A brother to fish in the sea, a neighbor to crocodiles.

  2. لَئيمٌ دَنِيٌّ فاحِشٌ وَاِبنُ فاحِشٍ

    لَئيمُ العُروقِ أَصلُهُ مُتَنازِحُ

    Base, lowly, foul-mouthed, and the son of a foul-mouthed man,

    Ignoble in his roots, his ancestry far-flung.

  3. لَهُ خَمرَةٌ في بَيتِهِ وَجُرَيرَةٌ

    يُبَيِّعُ فيها فَهوَ نَشوانُ سالِحُ

    He has wine in his house and a little jar;

    He sells wine from it, and so is drunk and shitting.