1. يقول على غعبني على ابن فله

    البيهس الشب التقي

    The foolish youth said to the son of the deserter

    An inexperienced, naive young man

  2. قد اكتسى لو الأصيل حله

    يجهش تجاهه ما لقى

    If only the noble youth had solved his problem

    He turns towards him, finding nothing

  3. يبدى على الدم النكير سعله

    باسنان مثل العولقي

    He shows the unwanted blood on his teeth

    With teeth like twisting branches

  4. يخلى الفيران بسيس بسله

    إذا بدا من موشقي

    He leaves the rats a marked path

    When he starts from the burrow

  5. قد صح موته في الطبيق خله

    كذب ان من دور لقى

    His death in the mud was certain

    It's a lie if he found a house

  6. إذا خرج للصيد مد سبله

    هي والشوارب تلتقى

    When he went hunting, he stretched his robes

    They and his moustache meet

  7. وإن تقعم خلت جرف عبله

    في جنب فمه خزوقي

    If he yawned, he left a cliff with his mouth

    Next to his mouth a gaping hole

  8. ونفس رأسه والعياذ باللَه

    يدكم زحل بالمفرق

    By God, his breath and the protection of God

    Decimates Saturn through the skull suture

  9. وجلسة الدنيا قليل وشله

    وبعد حمران ما بقى

    And the session of life was short and paralyzed him

    And after red there was nothing left

  10. والخوض في العاجل عنا وشغله

    والسعد في الدنيا التقى

    And being busy with the immediate distracts us from it

    While good fortune in life comes to the focused