1. وَمُغَنٍّ ضَربُهُ أَو

    جَعُ مِن ضَربِ السِياطِ

    And a singer whose playing is more

    painful than the blows of whips.

  2. إِن بَدا مِنهُ خُروجٌ

    خَرَجَت نَفسُ النَشاطِ

    If an off-key note comes from him,

    the spirit of liveliness departs.

  3. مَن دعاهُ إِنَّما يُج

    لِسُهُ دونَ البِساطِ

    Whoever invites him merely seats

    him off the carpet,

  4. لِلَّذي يَفرِطُ مِنهُ

    مِن بِصاقٍ وَمُخاطِ

    because of what escapes from him—

    spittle and mucus.

  5. وَلَهُ بَينَ الهَزّارا

    تِ هَزارٌ مِن ضِراطِ

    And among the nightingales he has

    a nightingale of farts,

  6. مِثلَ ما يَستَعجِلُ الخَي

    ياطُ في شَقِّ القَباطي

    as the tailor hurries

    to rip Coptic cloth.