حَرِّك يَدَيكَ اللَتَينِ خِلتُهُما

حَرِّك يَدَيكَ اللَتَينِ خِلتُهُما

وَيحَكَ فيما تُرى مِنَ الخَشَبِ

وَيحَكَ فيما تُرى مِنَ الخَشَبِ

Move your two hands, which I thought

Move your two hands that I have missed

—Woe to you!—were, it seems, made of wood.

And speak about what you see of the wood

أَما تَرى الناسَ يَأخُذونَ وَيُع

أَما تَرى الناسَ يَأخُذونَ وَيُع

طونَ وَيَستَمتِعونَ بِالنَشَبِ

طونَ وَيَستَمتِعونَ بِالنَشَبِ

Do you not see people take and gi-

Don't you see people taking, giving

ve, and take pleasure in wealth?

And enjoying life to the fullest

وَأَنتَ مِثلُ الحِمارِ تُجرَحُ لا

وَأَنتَ مِثلُ الحِمارِ تُجرَحُ لا

تَشكو جِراحاتِ أَلسُنِ العَرَبِ

تَشكو جِراحاتِ أَلسُنِ العَرَبِ

And you, like a donkey, are wounded, yet do not

While you are like a donkey being hurt without

complain of the wounds inflicted by the tongues of the Arabs.

Complaining of the wounds from the Arabs' insults