1. إن أطفالي الذين تراهم

    حول ناري في الليل مثل الفراش

    Indeed, my children whom you see

    Around my fire at night, like moths—

  2. أترى ما شممت ريح فساهم

    حين باكرتني وهم في الفراش

    I wonder, did you not smell the stench of their farts

    When you visited me early, while they were in bed?

  3. وجعيساتهم خلال الزوايا

    مثل ذرق الفراخ في الأعشاش

    And their little turds throughout the corners

    Are like chicks' droppings in the nests.

  4. لا ترمهم واقبل نصيحة رأيي

    لك واحذر مغبة الغشاش

    Do not seek them; accept my considered advice

    To you, and beware the ill consequences of deceit.