رأيت انقباضي فاتخذتك ضحكة

ولم أدر أن الجد يجنيه مازح

I saw my contraction so I took you as a laugh

And I did not know that seriousness bears jest

وجاملت فيك العاذلين وربما

تجامل خسران بأني رابح

And I entertained in you the blamers and perhaps

A losing one pretends that I am winning

ومن يصحب القرد الدني لغارة

فلا غرو ان صالت عليه النوابح

And he who accompanies the despised monkey to a raid

Is it any wonder that misfortunes befall him