يا عَمروُ ما هَذا الغُلامُ الَّذي

يا عَمروُ ما هَذا الغُلامُ الَّذي

مَرَّ بِنا في الحَيِّ مُستَنّا

مَرَّ بِنا في الحَيِّ مُستَنّا

O Amr, who is this boy who

O Amr, who is this youth

O Amr, who is this young lad who

passed by us in the neighborhood, running?

Who passed by us in the neighborhood alarmed

Passed by us in the camp, dashing along?

أَفازِعٌ مِن وَصلِ شُطّارِكُم

أَفازِعٌ مِن وَصلِ شُطّارِكُم

فَرُبَّما قَد شُغِلوا عَنّا

فَرُبَّما قَد شُغِلوا عَنّا

Is he afraid of intimacy with your rogues?

Fleeing from the joining of your poets

Is he terrified of the approach of your rogues,

For perhaps they have been distracted from us.

For perhaps they have been distracted from us

For perhaps they have been distracted from us?

بِاللَهِ أَسقِطني عَلى أَمرِهِ

بِاللَهِ أَسقِطني عَلى أَمرِهِ

فَإِنَّ بَعضَ الناسِ قَد جُنّا

فَإِنَّ بَعضَ الناسِ قَد جُنّا

By God, tell me about him,

By Allah, enlighten me about his matter

By God, reveal to me his story,

for someone has indeed gone mad.

For some of the people have become possessed

For truly, some people have gone mad.