إنْ كُنْتُ فِي الْعُرْسِ ذَا قُصُورٍ

إنْ كُنْتُ فِي الْعُرْسِ ذَا قُصُورٍ

فَلاَ حُضُورَ وَلاَ دَخَالَه

فَلاَ حُضُورَ وَلاَ دَخَالَه

If, where the wedding is concerned, I have fallen short,

If I am remiss at the wedding,

with neither attendance nor participation,

Then there is neither attendance nor participation.

يَنُوبُ نَظْمِي مَنَابَ كَبْشٍ

يَنُوبُ نَظْمِي مَنَابَ كَبْشٍ

وَالنَّتْرُ عَنْ قُفَّةِ النِّخَالَه

وَالنَّتْرُ عَنْ قُفَّةِ النِّخَالَه

my verse shall stand in place of a ram,

My verse stands in for a ram,

and my prose for a basket of bran.

And prose for a basket of bran.