يا وهبُ يا صاحبَ البريدِ ألا

تكتبُ بالحادثِ الذي حدثَا

O messenger, O friend of correspondence, do not

Write about the incident which has just occurred

من ضرطةٍ خانك الحِتارُ بها

فمعَّرَتْ وَيْبَها فَتىً دَمِثا

Of a fart that betrayed its farter thereby

Exposing and disgracing a dainty young man

إن أنتَ لم تُخبر الإمامَ بها

كنتَ كمن خان أو كمن نَكَثا

If you do not inform the Imam about it

You would be like one who betrayed or one who broke a pact

لا تطوِ عنه الحديثَ مُحتشِماً

فالاستُ في الحين تنطق الرفثا

Do not modestly avoid talking about it

For the occasion calls for speaking plainly

يا طيبَها ضرطةً وإن خَبُثتْ

وربما طاب بعض ما خبُثا

How fragrant was that fart, though it stank

And perhaps some foul things are fragrant

بيناك عند الوزير تخطُبُ في

خَطْبٍ إذا الكيرُ قد نفى خبثا

While you were at the minister's, making

A speech, when that fart categorically denied foulness

هَوِّنْ عليك التي مُنيتَ بها

فإنها فَقحةٌ قَضت تَفَثا

Make light of that which you were afflicted by

For it was an immodest fart that blew away restraint

وَضَعْ قِناعَ الحياء عنك فقدْ

أصبحَ في أهل دَهرنا خُنُثا

Take off the mask of shame, for

Among the people of our time, it has become effeminate

قد بدرتْ سَبَّةُ الخطيب فما

لَجْلَجَ في قيله ولا اكترثَا

The orator's mockery has been unleashed, so

He did not mumble or show concern

هبها كإحدى هَناتِ أحمدَ إذ

يضرطُ في كل مجلس عَبَثا

Consider it one of Ahmad's melodies when

He farts randomly in every sitting

أو ابن ميمونَ إذ يُضارطُهُ

جهلاً ولا يحفلانِ سوءَ نثا

Or Ibn Maymun's when he farts ignorantly

And they do not care about the foulness of flatulence

بغلٌ وبغلٌ هذا يضارطُ ذا

لا صحَّحَ اللَّه تلكمُ الجُثثا

A mule and a mule, one farts at another

May Allah not bless those carcasses

وسائلٍ عنهما فقلتُ له

هما نبيّا الضراط قد بُعِثا

I asked about them and was told

They are prophets of farting, commissioned