1. ربِّ أطلق يدي في كلِّ شيخ

    ذي رياء بسمتِهِ فسكونِهْ

    Lord, loose my hand against every old man

    hypocritical in his bearing and his stillness;

  2. تاجرٍ فاجرٍ جَموعٍ منوعٍ

    يرهقُ الناسَ في اقتضاءِ ديونِهْ

    a depraved merchant, forever hoarding and withholding,

    who hounds people when collecting debts owed him;

  3. ذي عيالٍ زبونُهنَّ من النا

    كة بعدَ الهُدوّ مثلُ زبونه

    with womenfolk whose customer among those

    who fuck, after all is still, is like his own customer.

  4. جمع المال بالعدالة في الظْا

    هرِ والموبقاتِ من مكنونه

    He amassed wealth through uprightness on the

    surface, and through damning sins kept hidden within him.

  5. في قَلَنْساتِهِ من القُطن ما يم

    لأ عِدلاً يُخال من عُثنونه

    In his caps is enough cotton to

    fill a sack—one might think it came from his beard;

  6. ذاتُ جنبين وافرين عظيمي

    ن وسَمكٍ أطالهُ لقرونه

    they have two ample, enormous sides

    and a height he increased for his horns.

  7. يخزنُ الإرثَ دائباً لمجيدٍ

    فَضّ أبكاره وإفضاءَ عُونه

    He tirelessly hoards the inheritance for one adept

    at deflowering his virgins and tearing open his matrons.