يَظن الفَتى أَنَّ الفَتاة وان سمت

يَظن الفَتى أَنَّ الفَتاة وان سمت

متاع له حظ الرجولة ساقه

متاع له حظ الرجولة ساقه

The young man thinks that the young woman, even if she rises high,

The young man thinks the girl though she's named

is a possession for him, brought by the fortune of manhood;

His possession, manliness leads him

فَيطلب قبل العرس منها برغبة

فَيطلب قبل العرس منها برغبة

يديها وان مدتهما مد ساقه

يديها وان مدتهما مد ساقه

so before the wedding he eagerly asks her for

So before the wedding he longingly seeks

her two hands—and if she extends them, he stretches out his leg.

Her hands though she stretches legs instead