1. حدِّث حديثَك إذا تالّ بعينه

    رجلاً يظنُّك عالماً وأمينا

    Tell your tale when one casts down with his eye

    A man who thinks you learned and trustworthy.

  2. فبقرتَها بقرَ الحُوار بمعوَل

    تدعى لوجد مذلقاً مسنونا

    So you split it open as a camel calf is split open with a pickaxe.

    You are called to anguish, keen-pointed and sharpened.

  3. إن اللعين أبوك فارمِ عظامه

    إن ترمِ ترمِ مخلجاً مجنونا

    Indeed, the accursed one is your father, so shoot at his bones.

    If you shoot, you shoot at a deranged madman.

  4. يمسي خميص البطن من عمل التُّقى

    ويظلُّ من عمل الخبيث بطينا

    He reaches evening empty-bellied from deeds of piety,

    And spends the day pot-bellied from deeds of evil.