1. قد قلتُ لما مر بي معرضاً

    كالبدر تحت الغسق الداجي

    Indeed, I said when he passed me, turning away,

    Like the full moon beneath the pitch-dark night,

  2. يهتز في حشيته متعباً

    من كفل كالموج رجراج

    Swaying in his padding, wearied

    By a rump that quivers like the waves:

  3. ويلي على حل سراويله

    فإنه شد على عاج

    Woe to me at untying his trousers,

    For they have been fastened upon ivory!