يا عجباً من خالدٍ

في صبْرِهِ وجلَدِهْ

How strange is Khaled

In his patience and composure

قاتله اللّه فَمَا

أبْعَدَهُ من رَشَدِهْ

May God destroy him, yet

He is not deterred from his right mind

يُولجُ في زوجتهِ

أَيْرَ سِوَاهُ بِيَدِهْ

He inserts into his wife

The hand of another man

يحْلُبُ تيساً مثلَه

في قَعْبِ أُمِّ وَلَدهْ

He milks a billy goat like him

In the lap of his wife's mother

بِكَفِّ سوءٍ بُتِكَتْ

ذِراعُها من عَضُدِهْ

With an evil palm she was hit

Her arm broken from her shoulder

يُبْرِكُها في بَيْتِهِ

على حشايا مُهُدِهْ

He mounts her in his house

On the pillows of his bed

يقبِضُ بالخَمْسِ على

أيْرِ غُلامٍ بيده

He takes by force the money

Of a boy's pay in his hand

ويَنْتَحِي في عِرْسِهِ

بِعُدَّةٍ من عُددِهْ

And he celebrates his wedding

With a number of his count

أيْرُ غُلام أيْرُهُ

أعْظَمُ ما في جسدهْ

The boy whose money he took

Is the best part of his body

يضْربُ بالحُوقِ إذا

أنْعَظ أعْلَى كَبِدهْ

He strikes him with a truncheon when

He cries out from his liver

يُعْملُهُ في عِرْسِهِ

لَيْلَتَهُ إلى غَدِهْ

He makes him serve his wedding

All night until morning

ولَو رأى ذا غيْرَةٍ

في بيْتِهِ أو بلَدِهْ

And if a jealous man saw

In his house or town

أرْعدَ أوْ تَحْسَبهُ

ذا جِنَّةٍ منْ رَعَدِهْ

He would thunder and reckon him

A jinn of his thunder

منْ ذا يُضَاهِي خالداً

في حلْمه وجلدِهْ

Who can match Khaled

In his composure and patience