1. لِاِبنِ جُريجٍ خُلُقٍ مُرُّ

    وَعِشرَةٌ مَسلَكُها وَعرُ

    Ibn Jurayj has a bitter disposition,

    And the path of his companionship is rugged.

  2. فَدمٌ تَرى مِنهُ تَمَصبَطرِماً

    وَما لَهُ نَهيٌ وَلا أَمرُ

    A dullard—you see him swaggering,

    Yet he has no power to forbid or command.

  3. إِن بَدَتِ الصَحراءُ مِن وَجهِهِ

    فاحَ لَها مِن وَجهِهِ قَبرُ

    If the desert emerges from his face,

    A grave wafts its odor toward it from his face.