وَكَمْ سَيِّدٍ يَستَوْجِبُ الرَّفعَ قَدْرُهُ

وَكَمْ سَيِّدٍ يَستَوْجِبُ الرَّفعَ قَدْرُهُ

غَدا شَاكياً مِن لَحْنِ أَيَّامهِ خَفْضَا

غَدا شَاكياً مِن لَحْنِ أَيَّامهِ خَفْضَا

And how many a lord, whose rank merits elevation,

How many a lord deserves to be exalted by his worth

has come to lament abasement through his days’ faulty grammar.

Yet wakes to find his days in sad decline have plunged him low.

ومُسْتَثْقَلٍ يُدْعَى رَئيساً لِقَومهِ

ومُسْتَثْقَلٍ يُدْعَى رَئيساً لِقَومهِ

كذاك الخُصَى تُدْعَى رئيساً من الأعضا

كذاك الخُصَى تُدْعَى رئيساً من الأعضا

And many a man deemed burdensome is called his people’s chief;

How many a man is burdened with a nation's leadership -

likewise, the testicles are called chief among the body’s organs.

Just so, the testicles are called the head amid the limbs.