1. حاشا لِعَبدِ الرَحيمِ سَيِّدِنا الـ

    ـفاضِلِ مِمّا تَقولُهُ السُّفَلُ

    Far be it from ʿAbd al-Raḥīm, our master, the

    virtuous, to be as the rabble say.

  2. وَتَبَّ مَن قالَ إِنَّ حَدبَتَهُ

    في ظَهرِهِ مِن عَبيدِهِ حَبَلُ

    And may he perish who said that his hump

    on his back is a pregnancy by his slaves.

  3. هَذا قِياسٌ في غَيرِ سَيِّدِنا

    يَصِحُّ إِن كانَ يَحبَلُ الرَجُلُ

    This inference, for anyone other than our master,

    would hold true if a man could become pregnant.