قلْ للَّذي أبدَعَ في الشِّعرِ صِفْ

قلْ للَّذي أبدَعَ في الشِّعرِ صِفْ

بُستانَنا هَذا ونارَنْجَنا

بُستانَنا هَذا ونارَنْجَنا

Tell the one who excelled in poetry: “Describe

Say to him who excelled in poetry, describe

this garden of ours and our bitter oranges.”

Our garden here and our orange tree

فقالَ لي بُستانُكُمْ جَنَّةٌ

فقالَ لي بُستانُكُمْ جَنَّةٌ

ومَنْ جَنى النَّارنْجَ ناراً جَنى

ومَنْ جَنى النَّارنْجَ ناراً جَنى

So he said to me: “Your garden is a paradise,

So he said to me, your garden is a paradise

and whoever picked the bitter oranges picked fire.”

And he who picked the orange picked fire