1. إِنَّما لِقحَتُنَا بَاطِيَةٌ

    فَإِذا ما مُزِجَت كَانَت عَجَب

    Our milch camel is but a wine bowl;

    and when it is mixed, it becomes a marvel:

  2. لَبَنٌ أَصفَرُ صافٍ لَونُهُ

    يَنزَعُ الباسورَ مِن عَجبِ الذَنَب

    yellow milk, clear in hue,

    that pulls hemorrhoids from the tailbone.

  3. سَأَلَ الشُرطِيُّ أَن نَسقِيَهُ

    فَسَقَيناهُ بِأُنبوبِ القَصَب

    The policeman asked us to give him a drink,

    so we gave him drink through a reed tube.

  4. إِنَّما نَشرَبُ مِن أَموالِنا

    فَسَلوا الشُرطِيَّ ما هَذا الغَضَب

    We drink only at our own expense,

    so ask the policeman: what is this anger?