1. أمي وأبي اثنان من غير أنا

    كلا وكلاهما بدار سَكَنا

    My mother and my father are two, not counting me.

    Both—and both of them—lived in a house.

  2. لكن ميمتي التي قد ولدت

    لمّا رقدت حدا أبي ونا

    But my mommy, who gave birth,

    When she lay down beside my father and me.