A poet reviled a people who did not honor him
وهجا شاعر قوماً لم يكرموه
ولد يا راكب ع البكرة اللي خطمتها خفيفة
أنا أوصيك و الله يوصيك طرناق الصبخة لا تضيفه
تلقى ولد " الفلانات " على البكارج كييفة
مكر الفردة في قفاه مثل مكر السفيفة
تعدك تقبض في روحه يومنك تقبض رغيفه
أما صرفه فنجاله تعدها سعوط التطريفة
يومن تدهس ع رميّه تعدك داهس ع ليفة
Walad ya rakeb 3al bekra yallee 5otmotha 5afeefee
Ana 2awaseek Wallah ywaseek tornaq el sab5a la tdeefo
Telqa walad "el flanat" 3ala el bakarej keyeefee
Meker el farde fee qafa metl meker el safeefee
T3edak toqbod fee roo7o yawmnak toqbod r8eefo
2ama sarfo feenjalo t3edha s3oot el tatreefe
Yawmn tedhas 3a ramyye t3dak dahes 3a leefe
O you boy riding on the she-camel whose tread is light
I advise you and God witnesses it to stay away from worthless people whose company brings no benefeet
You’ll feend so-and-so’s boy enjoying the coffeepots
The trick of the single one in his back like the trick of a woven strap
You think you caught his soul the day you caught his bread
When it comes to spending he measures even the tiniest bit as if it were something trivial
The day you step on his throw you think you are stepping on a luffa