كُلَّما قُلتُ اِستَرَحنا

كُلَّما قُلتُ اِستَرَحنا

جاءَنا الشَيخُ الإِمامُ

جاءَنا الشَيخُ الإِمامُ

Whenever I said, “We have found rest,”

Whenever we said we rested

the shaykh, the imam, came to us.

The sheikh, the imam came to us

فَاِعتَرانا كُلَّنا مِن

فَاِعتَرانا كُلَّنا مِن

هُ اِنقِباضٌ وَاِحتِشامُ

هُ اِنقِباضٌ وَاِحتِشامُ

Then all of us were overcome, because of

So he blamed us, all of us, for

him, with unease and reserve.

Withdrawal and modesty from him

فَهُوَ في المَجلِسِ فَدمٌ

فَهُوَ في المَجلِسِ فَدمٌ

وَلَنا فَهوَ فِدامُ

وَلَنا فَهوَ فِدامُ

For in the gathering he is a dullard,

So he is blood in the gathering

and for us he is a muzzle.

And for us he is ransom

وَعَلى الجُملَةِ فَالشَي

وَعَلى الجُملَةِ فَالشَي

خُ ثَقيلٌ وَالسَلامُ

خُ ثَقيلٌ وَالسَلامُ

And, in short, the shay-

And in summary, the sheikh is burdensome

kh is a bore—and that is all.

And peace