تطلع أيري من مئزري

تطلع أيري من مئزري

وكلُّ كمينٍ له ثَوْرَهْ

وكلُّ كمينٍ له ثَوْرَهْ

My cock peeped out from my waistcloth,

My robe rises up

And every lurking thing has its uprising.

And every hidden ambush has its rage

فقال ليَ الجلساء استتر

فقال ليَ الجلساء استتر

وصاروا وجوهَهُمُ صَوْره

وصاروا وجوهَهُمُ صَوْره

So my companions said to me, 'Cover yourself!'

The sitting ones told me "cover up"

And they turned their faces aside.

And their faces turned into images

فقلت هو العضو لو فاتني

فقلت هو العضو لو فاتني

عدمت البسالة والسوره

عدمت البسالة والسوره

So I said, 'It is the organ that, were I to lack it,

I said, it is the limb, if it fails me

I would lose my courage and vigor.

I would lack valor and walls

وكيف تعدونه عورةً

وكيف تعدونه عورةً

ولولاهُ أصبحتُمُ عوره

ولولاهُ أصبحتُمُ عوره

And how can you reckon it a shameful part,

And how do you consider it nakedness

When without it you yourselves would be a shame?'

Without it, you would become naked