بين أهل الصعيد شاع حديث

بين أهل الصعيد شاع حديث

وهو أن المويلحي صفعوه

وهو أن المويلحي صفعوه

Among the people of Upper Egypt, a story spread:

Among the people of Upper Egypt a rumor spread

And it was that they had slapped al-Muwaylihi.

That al-Muwaylihi had been slapped

ليت شعري وليتني كنت أدرى

ليت شعري وليتني كنت أدرى

ساعة الصفع أين كان ابوه

ساعة الصفع أين كان ابوه

If only I knew—if only I were better informed:

I wish I knew, I wish I had known

At the moment of the slap, where was his father?

At the moment of the slap, where was his father?