لَمّا رَأى الجامِعُ أَموالَهُ

مَأكولَةً ما بَينَ نُوّابِهِ

When the mosque overseer saw his wealth

Being eaten among his deputies

جُنَّ فَمِن خَوفٍ عَلَيهِ غَدا

مُسلسلاً مِن كُلِّ أَبوابِهِ

He was possessed with fear for it and so

Became epileptic at all its doors

وَكَيفَ لا تَعتادُهُ جِنَّةٌ

وَقَد رَأى المَسخَ لِأَربابِهِ

And how would madness not possess him

When he had seen the disfigurement of its masters

القِردُ في شُبّاكِهِ حاكِمٌ

وَالتَيسُ في قبَّةِ محرابِهِ

The monkey sitting as ruler in its niche

And the goat in the dome of its prayer-niche