إِذا ما رمى الغربي يوم انقباضه

إِذا ما رمى الغربي يوم انقباضه

عَلى خد شرقي اصابع مؤلمه

عَلى خد شرقي اصابع مؤلمه

When the Westerner, on the day of his gloom, casts

When the Westerner on his day of rage

painful fingers upon an Easterner’s cheek,

Lays his painful fingers on an Easterner's cheek

رَمى كفه ابن الشرق يوم انشراحه

رَمى كفه ابن الشرق يوم انشراحه

عَلى خد بنت الغرب وَهيَ مسلمه

عَلى خد بنت الغرب وَهيَ مسلمه

the son of the East, on the day of his gladness, casts his palm

The Easterner's hand on his day of joy

upon a daughter of the West’s cheek, while she yields.

Lays itself on the cheek of a Western woman now Muslim

وَلا فرق الا ان ذاك نتيجة الش

وَلا فرق الا ان ذاك نتيجة الش

رور وَهَذا للسرور مقدمه

رور وَهَذا للسرور مقدمه

And there is no difference, except that the former is the result of

The only difference is that the first stems from evil

evils, and the latter a prelude to joy.

While the second is a prelude to happiness