هَنيئَةُ في الضِلالِ وَعَبدُ بَكرٍ

هَنيئَةُ في الضِلالِ وَعَبدُ بَكرٍ

وَمِنجابٌ كَراعِيَةِ الخَيالِ

وَمِنجابٌ كَراعِيَةِ الخَيالِ

Hanīʾa is astray, and so is ʿAbd Bakr;

Haniʾa is astray, and ʿAbd Bakr

and Minjāb is like a shepherdess tending a phantom.

And Minjāb are like a shepherdess tending a phantom.

لِزَيدِ اللاتِ أَقدامٌ صِغارٌ

لِزَيدِ اللاتِ أَقدامٌ صِغارٌ

قَليلٌ أَخذُهُنَّ مِنَ النِعالِ

قَليلٌ أَخذُهُنَّ مِنَ النِعالِ

Zayd al-Lāt has little feet;

Zayd al-Lāt has small feet,

they take up but little of his sandals.

Which take up little space in sandals.

تَخَلَّوا في الحَوادِثِ عَن أَبيهِم

تَخَلَّوا في الحَوادِثِ عَن أَبيهِم

وَنادَوا خُفرَةً دَعوى ضَلالِ

وَنادَوا خُفرَةً دَعوى ضَلالِ

Amid calamities, they forsook their father

They abandoned their father amid calamities,

and called for protection—a misguided call.

And cried out for protection—a misguided plea.