لَأَبو الجهم مُلْصَقٌ

لَأَبو الجهم مُلْصَقٌ

مُعْتَدٍ في تَجَهُّمِهْ

مُعْتَدٍ في تَجَهُّمِهْ

Indeed, Abu al-Jahm is a bastard,

Abu al-Jahm has a clinging self

excessive in his scowling.

Supercilious in his frowning

غيرَ أنِّي عذرتُهُ

غيرَ أنِّي عذرتُهُ

في الخَنَا عِنْدَ لُوَّمِهْ

في الخَنَا عِنْدَ لُوَّمِهْ

Yet I excused him

Yet I pardoned him

for his obscenity before his critics.

When he stumbles in dialogue

إنَّ مَنْ يُحفزُ الرجي

إنَّ مَنْ يُحفزُ الرجي

عُ بِعُنفٍ إلى فَمِهْ

عُ بِعُنفٍ إلى فَمِهْ

Indeed, whoever has excrement thrust

Indeed, he who spurs eager

violently into his mouth

Harshly to his mouth

لَحقيقٌ بأنْ يُرَى

لَحقيقٌ بأنْ يُرَى

جَعرُهُ في تَكَلُّمِهْ

جَعرُهُ في تَكَلُّمِهْ

surely deserves to have

Deserves to be seen

his dung seen in his speech.

Snarling in his speech