تَقُولُ غَرْنَاطَةٌ يَوْماً لِمَالَقَةٍ

تَقُولُ غَرْنَاطَةٌ يَوْماً لِمَالَقَةٍ

لَمَّا اسْتَرَاحَتْ لِوَعْدٍ مِنْكَ مَرْقُوبِ

لَمَّا اسْتَرَاحَتْ لِوَعْدٍ مِنْكَ مَرْقُوبِ

One day Granada says to Málaga,

Granada once said to Malaga

when she took comfort in an awaited promise from you:

When she rested from your promised vigil

أَمْسَكْتِ يُوسُفَ عَنِّي فِعْلَ ظَالِمَةٍ

أَمْسَكْتِ يُوسُفَ عَنِّي فِعْلَ ظَالِمَةٍ

فَهَلْ لِيَ الْيَوْمَ إلاَّ حُزْنُ يَعْقُوبِ

فَهَلْ لِيَ الْيَوْمَ إلاَّ حُزْنُ يَعْقُوبِ

“You kept Yusuf from me, as an unjust woman would;

You withheld Joseph from me, an unjust deed

so what have I today but the sorrow of Yaqub?”

So today do I have anything but Jacob's sorrow?