ألثغُ بالراءِ زارَ بيتي

ألثغُ بالراءِ زارَ بيتي

فجاءَنا حاسدٌ وأصغى

فجاءَنا حاسدٌ وأصغى

A man with a lisp on r visited my house.

The slanderer came to my house with evil

Then an envious man came to us and listened closely.

Then came a jealous man and listened

قلتُ أفقْ فالحسودُ برَّا

قلتُ أفقْ فالحسودُ برَّا

قال أفقْ فالحسودُ بغَّا

قال أفقْ فالحسودُ بغَّا

I said, “Wake up, for the envious man is outside.”

I said, awake, for the envious are virtuous

He said, “Wake up, for the envious man is outside”—pronouncing r as gh.

He said, awake, for the envious seek harm