وأحْمقَ زَنَّ ذا عقْلٍ بحُمْقٍ

فقلتُ لهُ رُوَيْدَكَ يا حِمارُ

The fool moans in his wit over folly,

So I said to him: Steady, donkey!

يرى الخفَّاشُ أنَّ الصُّبْحَ ليلٌ

وأنَّ اللَّيْلَ دُهْمَتُهُ نَهارُ

The bat sees the dawn as night,

And the darkness of night as day.