آوَيتُ دِهليزَكَ مُنذُ أَربَعٍ

آوَيتُ دِهليزَكَ مُنذُ أَربَعٍ

وَلَم أَكُن آوي الدَهاليزا

وَلَم أَكُن آوي الدَهاليزا

I have lodged in your vestibule for four [nights],

I sheltered your corridor for four

I have lodged within your vestibule for four nights,

And I never used to lodge in vestibules.

Though sheltering corridors isn't my chore

Though I was never one to lodge in vestibules.

خُبزي مِنَ السوقِ وَمَدحي لَكُم

خُبزي مِنَ السوقِ وَمَدحي لَكُم

تِلكَ إِذاً قسمة ضيزى

تِلكَ إِذاً قسمة ضيزى

My bread is from the market, and my praise is for you:

My bread's from the market, my praise for you all

My bread comes from the market, while my praise is yours;

That, then, is an unjust division.

That then is the measure of my small hall

That, then, is a most unjust division.