لا تَحمَدَنَّ أَبا حَربٍ بِأُسرَتِهِ
قَد يَثبُتُ اللَيثُ وَالخِنزيرُ في الغابِ
Do not praise Abu Harb for his lineage,
The lion and the boar may prove their strength in the forest.
مُحَمَّدٌ تائِهٌ مِن فَرطِ جِنَّتِهِ
مِفتاحُ غَيٍّ لِقَومٍ أَهلِ أَحسابِ
Muhammad wanders lost in his abundant madness,
The key to a worthless people given to reckonings.
قَد كانَ سَبَّني مِن جُبنِهِ أَسَداً
عَلى المُهَلَّبِ صَفّاياً بِأَنيابِ
His cowardice once made me see him as a lion
Lined up with teeth bared over a carcass.
أُفٍّ لَهُ والِياً ما كانَ أَحمَقَهُ
يَومَ اِستَخَفَّ بِإِخواني وَأَصحابي
Woe to the idiot who made him governor,
The day he took lightly my brothers and friends.
لا نَبوَتي رُشدَهُ إِلّا تَخَوُّنَهُ
غِمداً لِأَيرٍ غَوِيٍّ بِاِستِ مُنجابِ
His leadership showed no wisdom but his betrayal,
A sheath for a deviant's sword from the tribe of Munjab.
يُحِبُّ أَزواجَ مُنجابٍ وَيُكرِمُهُم
وَلا يُجاوِزُهُم باباً إِلى بابِ
He loves the wives of Munjab and honors them,
Never moving past their door to another's.
كَأَنَّهُ ضَمِنٌ مِن داءِ صاحِبِهِ
وَمُشتَهٍ بَعضَ ما يَأتي مِنَ العابِ
As if he is afflicted with his friend's illness,
And desires some of what comes from that flood.
قُل لِلضَغيطِ أَبي حَربٍ مُجاهَرَةً
قَولَ اِمرِئٍ مُغرِبٍ بِالذَمِّ إِغرابي
Say plainly to the despicable Abu Harb,
The words of a Westerner cursing are strange to me.
إِن كُنتَ جانَبتَ مَهدِياً فَإِنَّ لَنا
فَما بالُنا نَخفى عَلى النابِ
If you have turned from Mahdi then we,
Why should we hide from the abyss?
يَسعى بِنا زَوجُ مُنجابٍ فَنُعتِبُهُ
وَلا يَهِمُّ لَنا يَوماً بِإِعتابِ
The husband of Munjab drives us and we blame him,
No day of our reproach matters to him.
قالَ الخَبيرُ بِمُنجابٍ وَسَوأَتِهِ
لَمّا رَأى دَأَبي سِرّاً وَإِدآبي
The expert on the evils of Munjab said,
When he saw my steadfast secretive ways:
إِذا طَلَبتَ إِلى المُنجابِ نافِلَةً
فَاِطلُب بِأَيرِكَ لا تَطلُب بِكَرّابِ
"If you request a bonus from Munjab,
Request with your penis, do not request with your elbow.
وَقائِلٍ في الغَواني جُلُّ حاجَتِهِ
يَلقى مِن شَوقٍ وَأَتعابِ
And one who says in ecstasy that his only need
Is to meet burning desire and fatigue."
يا لَيتَ جُردانَ مُنجابٍ وَخُصيَتَهُ
كانا حِراً فَاِشتَفَينا مِن حِرٍ رابِ
Oh, if only the testicles and penis of Munjab
Were free, so we could enjoy the drink of the free.
فَخمٌ غَليظٌ يُطيفُ المُنعِظونَ بِهِ
إِذا تَجَمَّرَ مِن حادٍ وَمُنتابِ
A thick whiskered man whom the devout circle around,
When he frowns at the wanderer and complainer.
نِعمَ الشَفيعُ اِستُ مُنجابٍ إِذا غُسِلَت
لِمُنعِظٍ غَيرِ مُعتَلٍّ وَلا آبِ
How excellent is the intercession of Munjab,
When a non-diseased, unharmed man is washed.
