إِذا باهِلِيٌّ تَحتَهُ حَنظَلِيَّةٌ

لَهُ وَلَدٌ مِنها فَذاكَ المُذَرَّعُ

When an ignoble man sires a child upon a prostitute

That child is bound to have one arm generous, one defective

ذِراعٌ بِها لُؤمٌ وَأُخرى كَريمَةٌ

وَما يَصنَعُ الأَقوامُ فَاللَهُ أَصنَعُ

Though people's acts are in God's hands, who's most able

A boy begotten on his uncle's bastards side

غُلامٌ أَتاهُ اللُؤمُ مِن شَطرِ عَمِّهِ

لَهُ مِسمَعٌ وافٍ وَآخَرُ أَجدَعُ

Will have one ear that's sharp, the other deaf and idle