وَعَيْشِكَ لَمْ أَكَدْ أَسلُوهُ كَبْشاً

وَعَيْشِكَ لَمْ أَكَدْ أَسلُوهُ كَبْشاً

يَطُولُ عليهِ نَوْحِي وانتِحابي

يَطُولُ عليهِ نَوْحِي وانتِحابي

By your life, I can scarcely forget him—a ram

I hardly made your living a sacrificial lamb

over whom my wailing and sobbing go on.

on which my wailing and moaning would be long

وَقَدْ أَعْلنتُهُ عَلَفاً تَماماً

وَقَدْ أَعْلنتُهُ عَلَفاً تَماماً

فَحَاوَلَ شَحْمُهُ شَقَّ الوِهابِ

فَحَاوَلَ شَحْمُهُ شَقَّ الوِهابِ

And I had [fed] him a full ration of fodder,

I declared it completely as fodder

so his fat tried to split the [hide].

Its fatness broke through the Giver

فَهَدّوا حَائِطاً أَخَذوهُ مِنهُ

فَهَدّوا حَائِطاً أَخَذوهُ مِنهُ

وَعَنْهُ يَضِيقُ مُشْكلُ كُلِّ بَابِ

وَعَنْهُ يَضِيقُ مُشْكلُ كُلِّ بَابِ

They demolished a wall and took him out through it,

So they demolished a wall and took it from him

for every door's [frame] was too narrow for him.

And through it, the issue of every door was narrowed

فَإِنْ لَمْ أُوتِ مِن ذَنْبٍ فَإنّي

فَإِنْ لَمْ أُوتِ مِن ذَنْبٍ فَإنّي

أَمِنتُ من الكِلابِ بَني الكِلابِ

أَمِنتُ من الكِلابِ بَني الكِلابِ

So if I was given not even a [tail], then I

For if I were not given any sins, then I

was safe from the dogs, those sons of dogs.

Would be safe from the dogs, O children of dogs

وحَظّي قَدْ كَبَابي دُونَ حَظِّي

وحَظّي قَدْ كَبَابي دُونَ حَظِّي

بِعِيدِ النَّحْرِ مِن أَكْلِ الكَبابِ

بِعِيدِ النَّحْرِ مِن أَكْلِ الكَبابِ

And my luck had tripped me up, leaving me short of my share

And my luck deceived me, unlike my luck

of eating kebabs at the Feast of Sacrifice.

On the feast of sacrifice, from eating the cooked meat

فَأَنعشَهُ الوَزيرُ فَقامَ يَسعَى

فَأَنعشَهُ الوَزيرُ فَقامَ يَسعَى

بِكَبْشٍ خُلِّقَتْ مِنهُ رِحَابي

بِكَبْشٍ خُلِّقَتْ مِنهُ رِحَابي

Then the vizier revived it, and it rose and hastened

So the minister revived him, and he began to run

with a ram that perfumed my courtyards.

With a spacious lamb created from it