1. Many are the days that are ours in the cage,
Days the like of which we'll never see again.
١. رُبَّ أيَّامٍ على القُفْصِ لَنا
لا نرى أمثالَها طولَ الأَبدْ
2. Our basil is fresh, and the fierce lion is a rose
From the jungle of flowers. None but us
٢. غَضَّةٌ ريحانُنا الغَضُّ بها
أسَدٌ من غابةِ الوَردِ وَرَدْ
3. Have drunk the wind straight from the lion's mouth.
٣. ما رأى النَّاسُ شُروباً مثلَنا
شربوا الرَّاحَ على وجهِ الأسَدْ