1. إِذا ما رَأَيتُم ناشىءَ الحَيِّ مِنكُمُ

    يُمَسَّحُ مِثلَ الهِندِكيِّ المُحَمَّمِ

    If ever you see one of your clan's young men

    being stroked like a blackened Indian,

  2. مُكِبّاً عَلى الساقَينِ يَمسَحُ رَأسَهُ

    نِغاءَ الصَبيِّ بِاليَدَينِ وَبِالفَمِ

    bent over the shins, stroking his head,

    caressing him like a child, with both hands and mouth,

  3. فَقوموا عَلى الأَبوابِ مِنهُ وَهَجهِجوا

    فَإِنَّ الفَتى أَفجِر بِشَخصٍ وَأَغلِمِ

    then guard the doors against him and shout him away:

    for what a depraved and lustful fellow the youth is!