1. The bull in the irrigation canal
Walks with his tail behind him
١. الثور في الساقيه
يمشي خلفه ذنب
2. Watering the solitary tree
Bearing fruits is a wonder
٢. يسقي الشجر فرد ما
تطرح الثمار شي عجب
3. Apricot, banana, and loquat
Peach, fig, and grapes
٣. مشمش وموز وشقير
وخوخ وتين وعنب
4. And some quince as well
Its color delights me
٤. وشي حويمض كمان
في اللون يعجبني
5. The apricot is yellow like
My eyes that passion shook
٥. فالمشمش أصفر من
عيني وهزّ الهوى
6. The banana they peeled
When it ripened and straightened
٦. والموز قد قشروه
لما حلي واستوى
7. And the loquat melted away
When its core appeared
٧. وأما الشقير فذاب
حين بان منه النوى
8. And how much on the branches
Does it perplex me
٨. وذا جزاه كم على
الأغصان يحارنني
9. The peach when it became a peach
They picked it from the tree
٩. والخوخ حين صار خوخ
من الشجر قلعوه
10. The fig when it was bare
And its skin split open they lifted it
١٠. والتين لمّا تعرّى
وانفشخ رفعوه
11. And when the grapes swelled
On their mother they cut it
١١. وحين زبب على
أمه العنب قطعوه
12. How beautiful it is after being cut
When it reaches me
١٢. ما أحلاه من بعد قطعه
حين يواصلني