حُبُّ أبي جعفرٍ للغبوقِ

حُبُّ أبي جعفرٍ للغبوقِ

كقُبحك يا حاتمٌ مقبِلا

كقُبحك يا حاتمٌ مقبِلا

Abū Ja‘far’s love for the boy

Abu Ja‘far’s love of evening drinking

is like your ugliness, Hatim, as you approach.

Is like your ugliness, O Hatim, as you approach.

فلا ذاك يُعذَرُ في فعله

فلا ذاك يُعذَرُ في فعله

وحقُّك في الناس أن تُقتلا

وحقُّك في الناس أن تُقتلا

That man is not excused for his deed,

So he is not excused for his deed,

and your due among men is to be killed.

And your due among people is to be killed.

وأشبهُ شيء بما اختارَهُ

وأشبهُ شيء بما اختارَهُ

ضراطُك دون الخلا في الملا

ضراطُك دون الخلا في الملا

And the thing most like what he chose

And the thing most like what he chose

is your farting before reaching the privy, amid the crowd.

Is your farting in company rather than in the privy.