1. كأنما باب استها

    شكلة كافٍ مطلقه

    It is as though the opening of her anus

    were the mark of an isolated kāf,

  2. بين سطور كاتبِ

    حروفه محققه

    between the lines of a scribe

    whose letters are carefully formed,

  3. يصكًّ لي بين يدي

    سيدنا في ورقه

    who writes me a voucher in the presence

    of our master, on a sheet,

  4. باللحم والخبز الذي

    روحي به معلقه

    for meat and the bread to which

    my soul is bound.

  5. يا من به قد فتحت

    أبواب رزقي المغلقة

    O you through whom have been opened

    the closed doors of my livelihood,

  6. وقع لمن علمه

    جودك حذق العقعقه

    sign for one who has been taught

    by your generosity the art of clacking.