1. يا سائلي عن خبري

    زاحم جوفي قذري

    O you who ask me about my news:

    My filth pressed against my innards,

  2. فكدت أن أخرى على

    دست الرئيس الطبري

    so I almost shat on

    the chief al-Tabari's seat.

  3. فقمت أعدو حافياً

    وقد تغشى بصري

    So I got up and ran barefoot,

    and my sight was already clouded,

  4. حتى خريت خريةً

    مثل الخبيص الجزري

    until I shat a turd

    like carrot khabis pudding,

  5. كأنها من عظمها

    روثة كرشٍ بقري

    as though, from its sheer size, it were

    a dropping from a cow's paunch.