أطعمني في خروفكم خرفي

أطعمني في خروفكم خرفي

فجئت مستعجلاً ولم أقفِ

فجئت مستعجلاً ولم أقفِ

My folly whetted my appetite for your lamb,

Feed me from your sheep, my craving

so I came in haste and did not stop.

I came rushing, with no pause

غدوت أرجو طرافه فغدتْ

غدوت أرجو طرافه فغدتْ

في طرفٍ والسماك في طرفِ

في طرفٍ والسماك في طرفِ

I set out hoping for its choice morsels, but they ended up

I went hoping for its trotters, yet it

at one extreme, and al-Simāk at the other.

Went trotting, while the fish went trotting