أرسلت بعدكم بجهدٍ نحوكم

أرسلت بعدكم بجهدٍ نحوكم

جبناً فيا خجلي ويا جهلي

جبناً فيا خجلي ويا جهلي

After you left, I sent you, with effort,

I sent with effort toward you

cheese—oh, my shame, and oh, my ignorance!

Cowardice, oh my shame and ignorance

وبخلت عن مفروض حقكُم

وبخلت عن مفروض حقكُم

فجمعت بين الجبن والخل

فجمعت بين الجبن والخل

And I withheld what was rightfully due to you;

And was stingy about your deserved right

thus I brought together cheese and vinegar.

Thus I combined cowardice and stinginess