1. قد كنت أحسِبُ يابنَ قَين مجاشِعٍ

    أن قد خَصاك فلا تغِطُّ جريرُ

    I had thought, O son of Mujāshiʿ’s smith,

    that Jarīr had castrated you, so you would bellow no more.

  2. وَلَقَد عَلِمتَ عَلَى تَبَاغِيكَ الخنَا

    أنَّ الخِصىِّ إذَا استُفِزَّ ذَعُورُ

    And you knew full well, despite your pursuit of obscenity,

    that a eunuch, when provoked, is easily frightened;

  3. أنَّ الخِصىِّ يَشُولُ حِينَ يَرُومُهُ

    قَرمٌ قَرَاسِيَةُ اللِّقَاءِ غَيُورُ

    that a eunuch lifts his tail when pursued by

    a jealous camel stallion, fierce in encounter.