1. حَمْزةُ كلبٌ يَعْوِي

    يُريدُ غيرَ الْهجْوِ

    Hamza is a dog that howls;

    he wants something other than satire.

  2. فبِئْسَ مِنْ هِجَائِه

    فالهجْو مثلُ النَّجْوِ

    So wretched it is to lampoon him,

    for satire is like excrement.

  3. فما يُبالي عِرْضُه

    بِكُلِّ هجوٍ مَرْوِي

    So his honor pays no heed

    to any recited satire;

  4. ولا يُبالي رأْسُه

    بضربِ أَلْفِ دلْو

    nor does his head care

    about blows from a thousand buckets.

  5. نريدُ من يُزيلُ عنَّـ

    ـا وجْههُ ويُزْوِي

    We want someone to remove from us

    his face and turn it away.

  6. نُريد من يَقْتُل منـ

    ـه رأسَه يَلْوي

    We want someone to kill him,

    wringing his head off.

  7. نريدُ مَن يطبخُ من

    أَعضائِه ويَشْوِي

    We want someone to cook some

    of his limbs and roast them.

  8. نريدُ من يَنْشُره

    وبَعْد هذا يَطْوِي

    We want someone to saw him apart,

    and after this, fold him up.