1. وَقَفَ الهُدهُدُ في با

    بِ سُلَيمانَ بِذِلَّه

    The hoopoe stood at the door

    of Solomon, in abasement.

  2. قالَ يا مَولايَ كُن لي

    عيشَتي صارَت مُمِلَّه

    He said, "O my lord, stand by me;

    my life has grown wearisome.

  3. متُّ مِن حَبَّةِ بُرٍّ

    أَحدَثَت في الصَدرِ غُلَّه

    I am dying from a grain of wheat

    that caused a burning thirst in my breast.

  4. لا مِياهُ النيلِ تُروي

    ها وَلا أَمواهُ دِجلَه

    The waters of the Nile cannot quench

    it, nor can the waters of the Tigris.

  5. وَإِذا دامَت قَليلاً

    قَتَلَتني شَرَّ قتلَه

    And if it lasts a little longer,

    it will kill me in the worst way."

  6. فَأَشارَ السَيِّدُ العالي

    إِلى مَن كانَ حَولَه

    Then the exalted lord gestured

    to those who were around him:

  7. قَد جَنى الهُدهُدُ ذَنباً

    وَأَتى في اللُؤمِ فَعلَه

    "The hoopoe has committed a sin,

    and committed an act of baseness.

  8. تِلكَ نارُ الإِثمِ في الصَد

    رِ وَذي الشَكوى تَعِلَّه

    That is the fire of sin in the breast,

    and this complaint is a pretext.

  9. ما أَرى الحَبَّةَ إِلّا

    سُرِقَت مِن بَيتِ نَملَه

    I can only suppose that the grain

    was stolen from an ant's home.

  10. إِنَّ لِلظالِمِ صَدراً

    يَشتَكي مِن غَيرِ عِلَّه

    Indeed, the wrongdoer has a breast

    that complains without an ailment."