سَأَلوني عنِ البَيَّازِ وقالوا

كيفَ تَدريهِ واللِّئام لِئامُ

They asked me about the grocer and said

How do you know him when the scoundrels are scoundrels

وجوابي لهم بكل اختِصارٍ

قَبَّحَ اللهُ سَعيَه والسَّلامُ

And my brief reply to them was

May God make ugly his quest and peace