1. Sing for us, so we placed upon him
Turbans that peel the skin off his skull.
١. تَغَنّى لَنا فَجَعَلنا عَلَيهِ
عَمائِمَ تَنزَعُ جِلدَ القَفا
2. We made the bit for him into flesh,
And the mustache hairs are plucked out in vain.
٢. جَعَلنا اللِطامَ لَهُ لُحمَةً
وَنَتفُ الشَوارِبَ فيهِ سُدى