أخشى على حسبتي العدو وفي ال

ناس لمثلي أصادقٌ وعدي

I fear my enemies' reckoning, though among

People there are none who befriend the likes of me.

هر يراني وفي فمي غددٌ

والهر بالطبع يألف الغددا

The cat spies me, and in my mouth are curds -

Naturally cats take to curds.

وإن تغافلت عنه غافصني

واستلب الكرش من يدي وغدا

And if I turn a blind eye, it turns from me,

Snatches the pot from my hand and makes away.