ما أكثر الناس لولا أنَّهم بقرٌ

تأتي المثالبُ أفواجاً إذا ذكروا

How many people, were they not mere cattle,

Their faults in droves would come, if they recalled,

لو شام آدم بعضاً من فضائحهم

لما أحبَّ له أن ينسبَ البشرُ

If Adam caught a whiff of their disgraces,

He would not have wished humans to be named his kin.