يا دائِبينَ عَلى الفَحشَاءِ وَيلَكُمُ

يا دائِبينَ عَلى الفَحشَاءِ وَيلَكُمُ

أَلبَستُمُ شَيخَكُم ثَوباً مِنَ العارِ

أَلبَستُمُ شَيخَكُم ثَوباً مِنَ العارِ

O you who persist in indecency, woe to you!

O you who persist in lewdness, woe to you!

You have clothed your elder in a garment of shame.

You have clothed your elder in a robe of shame.

أَلإبنُ في دارِكُم صِهرٌ لِوالِدِهِ

أَلإبنُ في دارِكُم صِهرٌ لِوالِدِهِ

وَالأَخُ قَد يَنثَنِي عَن كَلبِهِ الحارِ

وَالأَخُ قَد يَنثَنِي عَن كَلبِهِ الحارِ

The son in your house is his father's son-in-law.

Your son is a son-in-law to his own father,

And the brother may turn away from his hot-blooded dog.

And a brother may turn away from his own bitch in heat.

ما تَحفَظونَ أَباكُم في حَلائِلِهِ

ما تَحفَظونَ أَباكُم في حَلائِلِهِ

وَالكَلبُ عِرسٌ لَحاهُ اللَّهُ مِن دارِ

وَالكَلبُ عِرسٌ لَحاهُ اللَّهُ مِن دارِ

You do not honor your father with regard to his wives.

You do not preserve your father's honor in his wives,

And the dog is a spouse—may God curse such a household!

Yet a dog guards jealously that which God has kept from his house.

أَحيَيتُمُ سُنَّةً دانَ المَجوسُ بِها

أَحيَيتُمُ سُنَّةً دانَ المَجوسُ بِها

فَعَظِّموا مِثلَهُم بَيتاً مِنَ النارِ

فَعَظِّموا مِثلَهُم بَيتاً مِنَ النارِ

You have revived a custom the Magians adhered to.

You have revived a tradition which even the Magians condemned,

So, like them, venerate a house of fire.

So exalt, like them, a house of fire!