جَعْسوسُكُمْ موحِشُ المَرْأى وربّتما

يخَفِّفُ اللّهْوُ والتّنْديرُ إيحاشَهْ

Your ungainly figure is unpleasant to the eye, though song and music can lighten your troubles and make them seem small.

When he approached us I likened his aunt to a spider on a fragile web with a dry cracked appearance.

لمّا أتى نحْوَنا شبّهْتُ عِمّتَهُ

بعنْكَبوتٍ على يافوخٍ خَشْخاشَهْ