1. له يد يابسة في الندى

    ومقلة لا نظرت رطبَه

    He has a hand dry in generosity,

    and a moist eye—may it never see!

  2. لا يأكل اللقمة مع عرسه

    في الدار حتى تدخل القبّه

    He will not eat a morsel with his wife

    in the house until she enters the domed chamber.

  3. يقول إني هاشميّ وهل

    يصدق من ليست له نسبَه

    He says, “I am a Hashemite”—but can

    someone with no lineage be believed?

  4. وما له إن رمت تعريفه

    أب ولا أم سوى الرحبَه

    And, if you wish to identify him, he has

    no father or mother but the public square.

  5. علمت في هجوي له أنه

    إلى النبي المصطفى قربَه

    I have learned that my satire of him

    is a means of drawing near to the chosen Prophet.