1. يا مَنْ أَحَلَّ به الرَّزِيَّه

    وأَعادَ نِعْمَته بَلِيَّه

    O you upon whom calamity has been brought,

    and whose blessing was turned into affliction.

  2. حَظِيَ الرَّدى بِكَ إِذْ غَدَتْ

    لَكَ بِنْتُ عَمّارٍ حَظيَّه

    Death was lucky to have you when she became

    your favorite—the daughter of Ammar.

  3. قُلْ لي وَكَيْفَ سلا

    مَعَ ذُلِّ قَامَتِكَ القَميَّه

    Tell me, how did he find solace

    with your lowly, puny stature?

  4. أًنْتَ البَعوضَةُ قِلَّةً

    وكَأَنَّها جَمَلُ الضَّحيَّه

    You are a mosquito in smallness,

    and she is like a sacrificial camel.

  5. نُبِئْتُها قالَتْ وقَدْ

    بَصُرَتْ بِأَركَ كَالشَّظيَّه

    I was told she said, when

    she saw your penis, splinter-like:

  6. مَنْ لَيْسَ تُشْبِعُهُ الهَريسَ

    ةُ كَيْفَ تُشْبِعُهُ القَليَّه

    "One whom harisa porridge does not satisfy—

    how can a fried dish satisfy him?"

  7. فَلَوْ اطَّلَعْتَ عَلَيْهِما

    عِنْدَ ارْتِكابِهِما الخَطيَّه

    So, had you looked upon the two of them

    as they committed the sin,

  8. لَذَكَرْتَ في شَخْصيهِما ال

    عَنْقاءَ قَدْ خَطَفَتْ صَبيَّه

    you would have recalled, in their two figures, the

    ‘Anqa that had snatched a little girl.