1. بأبي وجهٌ مضيءٌ

    ولباسٌ بَرْمَكيُّ

    My father be ransom for a radiant face,

    And Barmakid attire,

  2. وفَتِيٌّ حسنُ القا

    مةِ والقَدِّ سَرِيُّ

    And a youth, handsome in

    Stature and build, noble;

  3. فيه تأنيثٌ وتَخني

    ثٌ وحلمٌ أحْنَفيُّ

    In him are femininity and effeminacy,

    And forbearance like al-Ahnaf's.

  4. ومُحالٌ يعشقُ التخ

    نيثَ إلا حَلَقِيُّ

    And none can love effeminacy

    Except a sodomite.

  5. قيل لي إنَّ أباه

    شِيروِيٌّ نبطيُّ

    I was told that his father

    Is Shirawi, a Nabataean.

  6. فلئن كان كما قي

    لَ فجِسمٌ نَبَويُّ

    So if he is as they say,

    Then his is a prophetic body:

  7. لأبيهِ فيه لا شكْ

    كَ شَرِيكٌ هاشميُّ

    His father has in him, without doubt,

    A Hashemite partner.