رأى عارِضي لمّا رأى سُقْمَ بَطْنِهِ

وقالَ ولمْ يُرْشَدْ لحِذْقٍ ولا كَيْسِ

When the quack saw my sickness of belly

And said, though not wisely nor aptly,

ألمْ تدْرِ أنّي عِلّةَ البطْنِ أشْتَكي

وينْفَعُ مَنْ يشْكو بِها لِحْيَةُ التّيْسِ

"Don't you know, sir, the pain in your belly I seek to allay

Is cured by applying the beard of a goat, they say!"