1. The storytellers have conveyed about me a tale,
And they have said words full of bitterness and sorrow.
١. لقد نقل الراوون عني حكاية
وقالوا كلاما ما أشدّ وأشاما
2. Does one like me slap a youth I have raised?
I made the people weep in Egypt when
٢. أيصفع مثلي ناشئ ويراعتي
أسالت دموع القوم في مصر عَندما
3. I begged their pardon, for it was I who
Slapped his cheek with my palm and caused him pain.
٣. ألا اعتذروا لي عنده فأنا الذي
صفعت بصدغي كفه فتألما