وَسَلَّمَ مَرَّتَينِ فَقُلتُ مَهلاً

كَفَتكَ المَرَّةُ الأولى السَلاما

Twice he bid me peace, and twice I said,

"Withhold thy greeting; once suffices me;

وَنَقنَقَ بَطنُهُ وَدَعا رُؤاساً

لِما قَد نالَ مِن شَبَعٍ وَناما

His belly rumbled loud for want of bread

Well stuffed with food and sunk in sleep was he."