كُلُّ أغانيِّ فُرَيجٍ غَلطْ

كُلُّ أغانيِّ فُرَيجٍ غَلطْ

وجوهرُ الجوهرِ منه سَقَطْ

وجوهرُ الجوهرِ منه سَقَطْ

Every one of Furayj’s songs is wrong;

All Furayj's songs are wrong.

and the jewel of jewels has fallen away from him.

And his finest gem is dross.

أضحكنا في وقتٍ غنَّى لنا

أضحكنا في وقتٍ غنَّى لنا

كأنّهُ في وقتِ غنَّى ضرط

كأنّهُ في وقتِ غنَّى ضرط

He made us laugh when he sang to us,

He made us laugh when he sang to us,

as though, when he sang, he farted.

As though he were farting when he sang.

فقلْ له حسبك من نخوةٍ

فقلْ له حسبك من نخوةٍ

لن تُذْهِبَ النخوةُ برْدَ النَّبَط

لن تُذْهِبَ النخوةُ برْدَ النَّبَط

So tell him: Enough of your swagger;

So tell him: enough of your pride;

swagger will never thaw Nabataean coldness.

Pride will not dispel Nabataean coldness.

لستَ لعمري فَرَجاً كاملاً

لستَ لعمري فَرَجاً كاملاً

وإِنما أنتَ فُرَيْجٌ فَقَط

وإِنما أنتَ فُرَيْجٌ فَقَط

By my life, you are no full-fledged Faraj;

You are not, by my life, a full-fledged Faraj;

you are merely little Furayj—nothing more.

But you are only Furayj.