Humorous Couplet: Sdōn the Fool
| Poem | Translation |
|---|---|
| 1) essədōn ksōh ǧdaḥt // we-ykōbī ḏā ʾanbīr // we-tǧōret weṣleth | Sdōn found something valuable washed up on shore // and thought that it was ambergris // and that his ship had come in |
| 2) śefh ār sendrōs // nefl bād berḳleyš // eḫźeyr eǧīwəleth | But soon after [discovered it was] tar // the cast-off leavings of the British // something the sea rolled onto the shore. |