يا مَن دَعانا دَعوةً لَم تُتم

يا مَن دَعانا دَعوةً لَم تُتم

أَبدَعتَ جِدّاً في الفَعالِ الألأمِ

أَبدَعتَ جِدّاً في الفَعالِ الألأمِ

O you who invited us, yet left the invitation unfulfilled,

O You who called us to a call unfinished,

You truly excelled in the basest deeds,

You have excelled, indeed, in painful deeds,

وَبِنتَ عَن بِرٍّ وَعَن تَكَرُّمِ

وَبِنتَ عَن بِرٍّ وَعَن تَكَرُّمِ

قَد كانَ يَكفينا يَسيرُ المَطعَمِ

قَد كانَ يَكفينا يَسيرُ المَطعَمِ

And departed from kindness and generosity.

And built of righteousness and generosity,

A little food would have sufficed us:

It would have sufficed us little sustenance,

وَجبَةُ ظَبيٍ ناعِمٍ مُختَزم

وَجبَةُ ظَبيٍ ناعِمٍ مُختَزم

وَكِسَرٌ مِن خُبزِكَ المُحرّمِ

وَكِسَرٌ مِن خُبزِكَ المُحرّمِ

A meal of tender gazelle, pierced through,

And a meal of tender roasted meat,

And pieces of your forbidden bread,

And a piece of Your forbidden bread,

وَكُوزُ ماءٍ مِن قراحٍ شَبمِ

وَكُوزُ ماءٍ مِن قراحٍ شَبمِ

لَكِن جَبنتَ عَن طِراد اللُقَمِ

لَكِن جَبنتَ عَن طِراد اللُقَمِ

And a jug of pure, cold water.

And a cup of water from a leather bag,

But you shrank from the chase for morsels,

But you shunned providing morsels,

وَقُلتَ لِلضَيفِ اِنكِباباً لِلفَمِ

وَقُلتَ لِلضَيفِ اِنكِباباً لِلفَمِ

شَنشَنةٌ أَعرِفُها مِن أَخزَمِ

شَنشَنةٌ أَعرِفُها مِن أَخزَمِ

And told the guest, 'May you fall flat on your mouth!'

And said to the guest with mouth wide open,

A trait I recognize from Akhzam.

A toothache I know well from Akhzam.