يَبينُ الجارُ حينَ يَبينُ عَنّي

يَبينُ الجارُ حينَ يَبينُ عَنّي

وَلَم تأنَس إليَّ كِلابُ جاري

وَلَم تأنَس إليَّ كِلابُ جاري

The neighbor departs, when he departs from me,

My neighbor shuns me when he shuns me

Without my neighbor’s dogs having grown familiar with me.

And my neighbor's dogs do not befriend me

وَنَظعَنُ جارَتي مِن جَنبِ بَيتي

وَنَظعَنُ جارَتي مِن جَنبِ بَيتي

وَلَم تُستَر بِسِترٍ مِن جِداري

وَلَم تُستَر بِسِترٍ مِن جِداري

And my female neighbor departs from beside my house,

My neighbor girl teases me next to my house

Without having been screened by a curtain along my wall.

And does not cover with a veil from my wall

وَتأمَنُ أَن أُطالِعَ حينَ آتي

وَتأمَنُ أَن أُطالِعَ حينَ آتي

علَيها وَهيَ واضِعَةُ الخِمارِ

علَيها وَهيَ واضِعَةُ الخِمارِ

And she need not fear my peering in when I come

She feels safe that when I come

Upon her while she has laid aside her head-covering.

I will not see her without her veil

كذلك هَديُ آبائي قديماً

كذلك هَديُ آبائي قديماً

توارَثه النَجارُ عَنِ النِجارِ

توارَثه النَجارُ عَنِ النِجارِ

Such was the conduct of my forefathers of old,

Such was the way of my ancestors long ago

Inherited from one ancestral stock by the next.

Inherited by the carpenter from the carpenter

فَهَديي هَديُهُم وَهُمُ افتلوني

فَهَديي هَديُهُم وَهُمُ افتلوني

كما افتُلِيَ العَتيقُ مِنَ المِهارِ

كما افتُلِيَ العَتيقُ مِنَ المِهارِ

So my conduct is theirs, and they reared me,

Their way is my way though they have tormented me

As a thoroughbred is reared from among the foals.

As the antique is worn by the skilled