تِهتُم عَلَينا بِأَنَّ الذِئبَ كَلَّمَكُم

تِهتُم عَلَينا بِأَنَّ الذِئبَ كَلَّمَكُم

فَقَد لَعَمري أَبوكُم كَلَّمَ الذيبا

فَقَد لَعَمري أَبوكُم كَلَّمَ الذيبا

You lorded it over us because the wolf spoke to you.

You worry that the wolf spoke to you,

For, by my life, your father did speak to the wolf.

Yet by my life, your father spoke to the wolf!

فَكَيفَ لَو كَلَّمَ اللَيثَ الهَصورِ إِذَن

فَكَيفَ لَو كَلَّمَ اللَيثَ الهَصورِ إِذَن

أَفنَيتُمُ الناسَ مَأكولاً وَمَشروبا

أَفنَيتُمُ الناسَ مَأكولاً وَمَشروبا

So what if he had spoken to the fierce lion? Then

So what if the lion spoke to the timid rabbit?

you would have consumed mankind as food and drink.

Would you then consider people as food and drink?

هَذا السُنَيدِيُّ لا أَصلٌ وَلا طَرَفٌ

هَذا السُنَيدِيُّ لا أَصلٌ وَلا طَرَفٌ

يُكَلِّمُ الفيلَ تَصعيداً وَتَصويبا

يُكَلِّمُ الفيلَ تَصعيداً وَتَصويبا

This al-Sunaydi has neither lineage nor nobility;

This Suneidi has no origin or branch,

he speaks to the elephant, upward and downward.

Who speaks to the elephant randomly and aimlessly.

فَاِذهَب إِلَيكَ فَإِنّي لا أَرى أَبَداً

فَاِذهَب إِلَيكَ فَإِنّي لا أَرى أَبَداً

بِبابِ دارِكَ طَلّاباً وَمَطلوبا

بِبابِ دارِكَ طَلّاباً وَمَطلوبا

So be off with you, for I never see

So go away, for I shall never see,

at your house’s door a seeker or anyone sought.

At your door, seekers or wanted.