1. فقدت بختي إنهُ

    ما زال بختاً قذرا

    I have lost my luck; indeed,

    it has always been filthy luck.

  2. لو كان شيئاً ناطقاً

    لكان شيخاً أبخرا

    If it were a thing that could speak,

    it would be a foul-breathed old man.

  3. من حيث ما درتُ به

    لطخ وجهي بالخرا

    Wherever I turned with it,

    it smeared my face with shit.