هُو بغَّاءٌ وعرسه بغَّاءَه

ولها بعد ذا عليهِ الوِلايْه

He is a lecher, and his wedding a lechery,

And after this she has authority over him.

كم له ابْنٌ منها أَبُوه سواه

وهْو منها بهم أَشدُّ عِنايه

How many a son of his, his father unknown,

Yet he tends them with utmost care.

شابَ رأْساً وانهدَّ عجزاً فخالتـ

ـه عجوزاً فصيَّرت منه دايه

He was young and sturdy, now feeble and bent,

Made an old woman of him, a nanny goat.

لا تَسْلني عنه فإِني أَرعا

ه صديقي ويَسْتَحِقُّ الرِّعَايه

Ask me not of him, he is a friend I guard

And deserves my watchful care.

أَنا لولا الحياءُ قُلتُ مجازيـ

ـه ولكِنْ فيما أَقولُ كفايه

But for propriety I'd tell his match,

Yet my words here suffice, I dare.