ذقنُ المعينِ الجزري

جَميعُها في قَذَري

The beard of Al-Mu'ayyad Al-Jazari

Is totally filthy

بَل قذَر الكّلبِ وحا

شايَ وَحاشا مَبْعري

Nay, filthier than a dog's filth, fie!

And shame on my clutter!

قالوا فَصِفهْ رْبّما

نَعرِفُه بِالخَبرِ

They said, "Describe him, maybe

We'll recognize him by the news."

قلتْ لَهُم شيخٌ رَدٍ

مَنْخَرْهُ كَمَنْ خري

I said to them, "An evil old man,

His nostrils like a donkey's nostrils

وَشارِباهْ مثلْ شَعْ

رِ أستيَ بالخُرءِ الطّري

And his moustache like my pubic hair

With white dandruff."