رأَيتُ سراراً على رأسه

رأَيتُ سراراً على رأسه

عمامة دارَتْ على قَرنهِ

عمامة دارَتْ على قَرنهِ

I saw Sarār: atop his head,

I saw Sarar, upon whose head

a turban coiled around his horn;

a turban was wound around his temple.

كأنّها مِنْ صُفْرَةٍ خَرْيةٌ

كأنّها مِنْ صُفْرَةٍ خَرْيةٌ

وَرُبّما سالَتْ على ذَقنهِ

وَرُبّما سالَتْ على ذَقنهِ

as though, from his sallow hue, it were a turd—

In its yellowness, it looked like a turd,

and perhaps it had trickled down his chin.

and perhaps it ran down his chin.