أَرى كُلَّ عُضوٍ في الفَتى نافِعاً لَهُ
سِوى واحد فيهِ جَلوب لَهُ الضرّا
I see every member in a man as useful to him,
save one within him that has brought him misery.
فَأَقبِح بِهِ عُضواً يولِّدُ أَفرُخاً
وَيُكسِبُهُ ذُلاً وَيُعقِبُهُ فَقرا
How loathsome a member it is, begetting chicks,
earning him humiliation and leaving him in poverty.
وَلَو أَنَّهُ يُكفاهُ عاشَ مُمَتَّعاً
بِدُنياهُ مَرجُوّاً لَهُ الفَوزُ في الأخرى
And if only he were spared it, he would live, taking his pleasure
in this world, with triumph in the Hereafter hoped for him.
Sol 5.6