يبيت بطيناً من لحوم صديقه

خميصاً من التقوى ومن طلب الحمد

He sleeps with a belly full of his friend's flesh

Wearing a shirt of piety and seeking praise

ينام إذا ما الليل جنَ ظلامُه

ويسري إلى حاجاته نومة الفهد

He sleeps when the night spreads its darkness

And goes about his business with a panther's sleep

يراعي عذارى قومه كلما دجا

له الليل والسوآت كالأسد الوردِ

He keeps watch over the virgins of his people whenever night falls

For him the night and its darkness are like a lion in ambush

جريئاً على أكل الحرامِ وفعله

جباناً عن الأقران معترمِ الكردِ

Bold in consuming and doing what is unlawful

But cowardly when facing his peers, tucked inside his coat