1. حمَّامُنا ليسَ فيه ماءٌ

    وبَردُهُ ما لَهُ انقِضاءُ

    Our bathhouse has no water,

    and its cold has no end.

  2. ما ينفَعُ القُطنُ فيهِ شيئاً

    ولا اللَّبابيدُ والفِراءُ

    Cotton is of no use there,

    nor are felt cloaks and furs.

  3. ترعدُ في الصَّيفِ فيهِ برداً

    فصيفُ حمَّامنا شِتاءُ

    You shiver there from cold in summer,

    for summer in our bathhouse is winter.

  4. فلم نردْهُ لِدفعِ داءٍ

    هلْ يدفعُ الدّاءَ وهوَ داءُ

    So we did not visit it to ward off illness;

    does it ward off illness when it is itself an illness?