1. خَسيس لا يُشابهه خَسيس

    يُتابع بِالسَفالة كُلّ أَمرِ

    A scoundrel whom no other scoundrel resembles,

    he pursues every affair with baseness.

  2. فَلَو أَنَّ الإناء رَآه يَعدو

    وَقَد دعيَ الأَنام لِيَوم حَشرِ

    So if the vessel saw him running,

    when mankind had been summoned to the Day of Resurrection,

  3. لَناداهُ بِأَعلى الصَوت جَهرا

    أَلا بشراك يا لحّاس قعري

    it would call to him aloud at the top of its voice:

    “Lo! Glad tidings to you, O licker of my bottom!”