كانُونُ مَطبخِنا في العِيد كانُونُ

كانُونُ مَطبخِنا في العِيد كانُونُ

والهِرُّ فِيهِ على ما فِيه مَأْمُونُ

والهِرُّ فِيهِ على ما فِيه مَأْمُونُ

Our kitchen’s brazier at Eid is cold as Kānūn.

Our oven was the cauldron on feast days

The cat there, despite his ways, can be trusted.

With warmth assuredly in it, and safety from harm.

فَما شَكا زَفْرةً كالعَاشِقينَ ولا

فَما شَكا زَفْرةً كالعَاشِقينَ ولا

تخضبَّتْ بِنَجِيعٍ فِيهِ سِكِّينُ

تخضبَّتْ بِنَجِيعٍ فِيهِ سِكِّينُ

So it has uttered no sigh like lovers, nor

It breathed no sighs like ardent lovers,

has a knife there been stained with gore.

Nor did blades in it grow red with blood.

وَلا هَدَتْ نَارُهُ السَّارِي ولا رُفِعَتْ

وَلا هَدَتْ نَارُهُ السَّارِي ولا رُفِعَتْ

قِدْرٌ وَلا نُصِبَتْ فيهِ مَواعِينُ

قِدْرٌ وَلا نُصِبَتْ فيهِ مَواعِينُ

Nor has its fire guided the night traveler, nor has

Its flame did not flare up or pots Lifted or water jugs set in place,

a pot been raised, nor have utensils been set out there.

Nor did the mighty one afflict us there,

ولا أَلَمَّ بِنا الجرَّارُ فيهِ وَلا

ولا أَلَمَّ بِنا الجرَّارُ فيهِ وَلا

دِينُ البَراهِمةِ الواهي لنا دِينُ

دِينُ البَراهِمةِ الواهي لنا دِينُ

Nor has the jar-maker visited us there, nor

Nor the fading faith of the Brahmins our faith.

is the Brahmins’ feeble creed our creed.