مِن أَعجَبِ الأَشياءِ في دَهرِنا

مِن أَعجَبِ الأَشياءِ في دَهرِنا

وَاللَهُ لا ناسٍ وَلا والِثُ

وَاللَهُ لا ناسٍ وَلا والِثُ

Among the strangest things in our age—

Among the strangest things in our time—

and God neither forgets nor errs—

by God!—neither people nor wealth endure:

إِثنانِ باتا في فِراشٍ مَعاً

إِثنانِ باتا في فِراشٍ مَعاً

فَأَصبَحا بَينَهُما ثالِثُ

فَأَصبَحا بَينَهُما ثالِثُ

two spent the night in a bed together,

Two slept on one bed and on waking

and by morning a third was between them.

found between them, in the morning, a third.