1. جَعْسوسُ يا شَرَّ طيْرِ

    لا يُؤْتَ يوْماً بخَيْرِ

    Jaʿsūs, O worst of birds,

    may no good ever be brought to you!

  2. شبّهْتُ قرْنَكَ لمّا

    أعْمَلْتَ مُسْرِعَ سَيْرِ

    I likened your horn, when

    you set it moving at a hurried pace,

  3. صَفيحَةً قد تدلّتْ

    منْ خلْفِ حافِرِ عيْرِ

    to a plate that had dangled

    behind a donkey’s hoof.