لنا صديقٌ يدّعي مُنَّةً

من فضلِ ما أودع فيه المَنِيّ

We have a friend who claims we owe him gratitude

for the bounty of semen deposited in him.

لا يحقِرُ الفَيْشَاتِ ممن أتتَ

من رجَلٍ ذي كرم أو صَبيّ

He scorns none of the cocks that come to him,

whether from a generous man or from a boy.

مثلَ طريقٍ شُرِعَتْ للورى

يجتازُ ذو الفضلِ بها والدَّنيّ

Like a road thrown open to all mankind,

where the worthy and the lowly pass alike.

ما خِلتُ أن اللَّه سبحانه

يجمع ما فيهِ وبُغضَ النَّبيّ

I never thought that God—glory be to Him—

would join all that is in him with hatred of the Prophet.

ينتحِلُ الدهرَ فيا ليته

لم يكُ ذا فيهِ وكان الغَبيّ

He makes Time his creed—if only

that were not in him, and he were merely a fool.