مَا مَعَ الخُبْزِ فَضْلَةٌ لِلإدامِ

مَا مَعَ الخُبْزِ فَضْلَةٌ لِلإدامِ

فَاقنعِي واقطَعي حَدِيثَ المَلامِ

فَاقنعِي واقطَعي حَدِيثَ المَلامِ

There is nothing to spare beyond bread for a relish.

Bread alone has no excess for sauce

So be content, and cut short the talk of reproach.

So be content and end talk of blame

بَشّرِينا بِسَلَّةِ الخُبْزِ حُبْلَى

بَشّرِينا بِسَلَّةِ الخُبْزِ حُبْلَى

وافرجِي من رُغفانِها بِغُلامِ

وافرجِي من رُغفانِها بِغُلامِ

Bring us glad tidings of a pregnant breadbasket,

Give us good news of the bread basket pregnant

and bring forth a boy from among her loaves.

And reveal from its softness a boy

رَقِّصِيهِ مُرَ بْرَبَ الخَدِّ بَادِي

رَقِّصِيهِ مُرَ بْرَبَ الخَدِّ بَادِي

الحُسْنِ يَجلُو وَجْهاً كَبَدْرِ التَّمامِ

الحُسْنِ يَجلُو وَجْهاً كَبَدْرِ التَّمامِ

Bounce him, plump-cheeked, radiant in

Dance him lightly, a cheek growing roses

beauty, revealing a face like the full moon.

Beauty shining a face like the full moon

فَهُْوَ يُغنيكِ عن سِواهُ ولا

فَهُْوَ يُغنيكِ عن سِواهُ ولا

يُغْنِيكِ عنهُ شيءٌ وَذُوقي كلامي

يُغْنِيكِ عنهُ شيءٌ وَذُوقي كلامي

For he suffices you in place of all else, and no

For he will sustain you over all others

thing suffices you in his place; taste my words.

And nothing will sustain you but him, and taste my words

وَدَعِينا عنِ الإدامِ وَعِدّي

وَدَعِينا عنِ الإدامِ وَعِدّي

القِدْرَ أُمّاً قَد آذَنَتْ بِالفِطامِ

القِدْرَ أُمّاً قَد آذَنَتْ بِالفِطامِ

Spare us talk of relish, and regard

Leave us from sauce and count

the pot as a mother who has announced weaning.

The pot a mother who has announced weaning