مِمَّا ابتَلى اللهُ به مُراكِشاً

مُحتسِبٌ مُخنَّثٌ صغيرُ

Among what God has afflicted Marrakesh with

Is a small, effeminate hypocrite

ليس له شُغلٌ سوى هَزٌّ لرِد

فٍ حولَه كأنه ثبيرُ

Who has no occupation but to wag his buttocks

As if he were afemale camel in heat

لا يَختشي مِن بَأسِه ذو حِرفَةٍ

إن كان أيرٌ عندَه كبيرُ

No skilled worker fears his wrath

If he has a large awl

لَقيتُه كالكلبِ يوماً لاهثاً

وقال قد أنهكَني التَّسعيرُ

One day I met him panting like a dog

And he said “The soaring prices have exhausted me”

قلتُ له إستُكَ هل سَعَّرتَها

فقال لا يُسَعَّرُ المَسعورُ

I said “Calm down, have the prices been deregulated?”

He said “What is already inflated cannot be further inflated”