نِك ابنَ العمّ ذا القربى

نِك ابنَ العمّ ذا القربى

وجارَ الجنبِ بالشُفعه

وجارَ الجنبِ بالشُفعه

Fuck your paternal cousin, your close kinsman,

Befriend your cousin, he who's close kin,

Fuck the cousin, that possessor of kinship,

and the adjoining neighbor, by right of pre-emption.

And neighbor sharing the partition wall,

And the neighbor nearby, by right of pre-emption,

ونِك شيخَ الثمانينِ

ونِك شيخَ الثمانينِ

ولا تخشَ به شُنعه

ولا تخشَ به شُنعه

And fuck the eighty-year-old man,

Befriend the octogenarian chief,

And fuck the sheikh of eighty years,

and fear no disgrace because of it.

Don't fear he'll cause you ill at all,

And do not fear any abomination in him,

ومَن طأطأ فاركبهُ

ومَن طأطأ فاركبهُ

ولو في ليلةِ الجُمُعَه

ولو في ليلةِ الجُمُعَه

And whoever bends down, mount him,

Whoever bows to you, mount his back,

And whoever stoops low, mount him,

even on the eve of Friday.

Be it even on Friday's nightfall,

Even if it be on the night of Friday,

ومن لامكَ في هذا

ومن لامكَ في هذا

فقُل مَن أنتَ في الرُقعه

فقُل مَن أنتَ في الرُقعه

And whoever reproaches you for this,

And he who blames you in this matter,

And whoever rebukes you for this,

say, “Who are you on the board?”

Say "Who are you in this game of chance?"

Say, "Who are you upon the chessboard?"

تقارَعنا فما ندري

تقارَعنا فما ندري

على مَن تقعُ القُرعه

على مَن تقعُ القُرعه

We have drawn lots, so we do not know

We've matched our wits and do not know,

We have cast lots, and we do not know

upon whom the lot will fall.

On whom the lot's dire consequence will fall,

Upon whom the lot shall fall,

فقومَن واسقني الراحَ

فقومَن واسقني الراحَ

على الإعلان والسُمعه

على الإعلان والسُمعه

So get up and pour me wine,

So rise and pour the relief to me,

So arise and pour me the wine,

openly and for all to hear.

Despite repute and utterance.

With open declaration and public notoriety.