وشادن بالكرخ ذي لثغةٍ

وإنما شرطيَ في اللثغِ

He's stuttering with a lisp so bad,

My condition's just as sad.

ما أشبه الزنبور في خصره

حتى حكى العقرب في الصدغِ

His waist is shaped just like a wasp's,

His temples sting like scorpion gasps.

في فمِهِ دِرياق لدغٍ إذا

أحرق قلبي شدة اللدغِ

In his mouth reside viper bites

That set my heart ablaze from their might.

إن قلتُ في ضَمّي له أين هُوْ

تفديك روحي قال لا أدغي

If I ask where can he be found,

He says "Don't pester me, back off now."