يا رُب ضيفان قوم جلد هامته

جلد على الطارق الطاري من الأدم

Ah, many a host to his clan’s guests has a hard pate—

hide-hard toward the newest caller, leather made from skins.

إذا رأى الدلوَ فوق الرأس أنشده

ضيفٌ ألمّ برأسي غير محتشم

Whenever he saw the bucket above his head, he would declaim:

“A guest has dropped in on my head, utterly unabashed.”