1. مُقَدُّمُ الخِلْقَةِ مَمْقُوتُهَا

    ذُو صُوَرةِ أَثْقَلُ مِنْ رَضْوَى

    Prominent in build, and loathed for it,

    With a form heavier than Raḍwā.

  2. أَصْبَحَ لاَ سُخْنَاً وَلاَ بَارِدَاً

    غَثَّا فَلاَ مُرَّاً وَلاَ حُلْوَا

    He has become neither hot nor cold,

    Insipid, and so neither bitter nor sweet.

  3. مُرَبَّعُ الجِسْمِ صَفِيُّ الحَشَا

    لاَ يَشْبَعُ الدَّهْرَ وَلا يرْوَى

    Square-bodied, pure of heart,

    He is never sated, nor is his thirst quenched.

  4. كَأَنَّمَا قُدَّامَهُ بَطْنُهُ

    رَاوِيَّةٌ قَدْ نَقَضَتْ دَلْوَا

    As though his belly, there before him,

    Were a waterskin that has already worn out a bucket.