أَتَعْجَبُ من أتَانِكَ حِينَ أَنَّتْ

بِرَاكِبهَا وزَايلَهَا النَّشَاطُ

Do you wonder that she came to you when

She carried her rider and lost her vigor?

لأَضْغَطَهَا رُكُوبُكَ فاسْتأنَّتْ

نحيطَ الطِّفْلِ أضْغَطهُ القُمَاطُ

For your riding has burdened her, so she took her time

As a child's diaper weighs down the child.

فَلاَ تَسْتَنكِرَنَّ ضِرَاطَ أُتْنٍ

حَمَلْنَكَ إنَّ غَايتَها الضُّرَاطُ

So do not disdain the braying of the she-ass

When she carried you, for her goal is but to bray.

ثَقُلَتْ فَلَوْ كَسَوْتَ الرَّحلَ ظَهْرَ الصْ

صِرَاطِ أليَّةً ضَرَطَ الضُّرَاطُ

She grew heavy, so had you covered the saddle with silk

Brocatelle, the ornate saddle would rend the brocatelle.

ولَو أصْبَحتَ وحْدَكَ في بِسَاطِ ابْ

نِ دَاوودٍ لَمَالَ بِكَ البِسَاطُ

And had you been alone on the carpet of the son of

David, the carpet would have inclined towards you.