كَلَفي بِحَجّامٍ تَحكَّمَ طَرفُهُ

فَغَدا عَلى سَفكِ الدِماءِ يُواطي

A barber took control whose hand was light,

So he set out shedding blood left and right.

أَضحى كَثيرَ الاِشتِطاطِ وَلَم تَكُن

مِنهُ اللِحاظُ كَليلَةَ المِشراطِ

Many now the excesses he’s begun to commit,

Though once he was most gentle with the lancet.