وَلَقَد رَأَيت وَما سَمِعتُ بِمِثلِهِ

لِلبَينِ بَينَهُم غُراباً أَعصَما

I have seen the likes of which I've never heard

A raven of separation between them, protected

وَجهٌ عَلَيهِ مِنَ القَباحَةِ مِسحَةٌ

ظَلَمَ النَهارَ وَقَد رَآهُ فَأَظلَما

A face upon which a stain of ugliness lies

It darkened the daylight, and when seen, darkened more

وَعَلَيهِ أَنفٌ قَد أُجيبَت دَعوَةٌ

فيهِ مِنَ الداعي عَلَيهِ فَأُرغِما

Upon it a nose which a plea was answered

In it from the supplicant against it, so it was forced in

فَلَو أَنَّهُ ذَنبٌ لَكانَ كَبيرَة

وَلَو أَنَّهُ طَودٌ لَكانَ مُقَطَّما

If it were a tail it would be major

If it were a hillock it would be fragmented

بَرَصٌ يُرينا مِنهُ جِلداً أَبيَضاً

وَأَذى يُرينا مِنهُ جِلداً أَسحَما

Leprosy that shows us white skin from it

And harm that shows us brown skin from it

لَو شِئتُ أَن أَرقَ لِنَيلِ قُرونِهِ

لَجَعَلتُ ذاكَ الكِتفَ تَحتي سُلَّما

If I wanted to climb to attain its horns

I would make that shoulder beneath me a ladder