ذيب نرهن ذا الغفاره

ذيب نرهن ذا الغفاره

ونرده في غباره

ونرده في غباره

Wolf, I will pawn this cloak,

The wolf threatens the forgiving one

and redeem it amid its dust.

And we return him to his dust

ونقول اسقين حوحو

ونقول اسقين حوحو

ونميل من حيط لأخر

ونميل من حيط لأخر

And I say, "Give me a drink, Huhu!"

And we say give me the bucket

And I sway from one wall to another.

And we lean from one wall to another

ويقولوا حن يروني

ويقولوا حن يروني

سكر هي من الف شاهر

سكر هي من الف شاهر

And they say when they see me:

And they say when they see me

"She has been drunk for a thousand months!"

Drunk for a thousand months

كن زوج للتوب لاكن

كن زوج للتوب لاكن

لم تكن عندي بماهر

لم تكن عندي بماهر

I was wedded to repentance, but

Be a husband for repentance, but

it was no skilled partner to me.

You were not with me skillful

لول خوفي للإماره

لول خوفي للإماره

مابقا منّه إماره

مابقا منّه إماره

Were it not for my fear of the authorities,

If not for my fear of the emirate

not a trace of it would remain.

Nothing would remain of it

ريت من تب قبل منها

ريت من تب قبل منها

عاد يجبرط هو عليها

عاد يجبرط هو عليها

I have seen someone repent of it before,

I wish that he who repented before it

then return to swagger over it.

Returns to compel it upon her

الرياه منه يمنع

الرياه منه يمنع

والقلوب تحن إليها

والقلوب تحن إليها

He keeps the scent away from himself,

The shepherd prevents it from him

while hearts yearn for it.

And the hearts yearn for it

وسمّي فهذا الأيّم

وسمّي فهذا الأيّم

والثمار تنشر حليها

والثمار تنشر حليها

And name her, in these days,

And call it, for these are the days

while fruits display their finery:

And the fruits spread their adornment

أي عروسا بخماره

أي عروسا بخماره

تسحر النس بخماره

تسحر النس بخماره

what a bride beneath her veil,

O bride with her veil

bewitching people with her intoxicating haze!

Who captivates souls with her veil

لول حب ذا الفلانا

لول حب ذا الفلانا

ما كنجنح للتصاب

ما كنجنح للتصاب

Were it not for love of this so-and-so,

If not for the love of that guy

I would not incline to youthful dalliance.

I would not have inclined to discord

حسنها أخذن غفلا

حسنها أخذن غفلا

وم يكن شي في حساب

وم يكن شي في حساب

Her beauty caught me unawares,

Her beauty took me unprepared

and nothing of this was in my plans,

And there was nothing in the account

بعد ما نوّر عذاري

بعد ما نوّر عذاري

والبياض رجع خضاب

والبياض رجع خضاب

after my sideburns had blossomed

After he enlightened the chaste

and whiteness had become my dye.

And the whiteness returned to kohl

ليست للحسن شاره

ليست للحسن شاره

ورمست قلبي إشاره

ورمست قلبي إشاره

Beauty has no emblem;

Beauty has no excellence

and a gesture buried my heart

And she drew my heart an indication

بسهام من لحظ ان احور

بسهام من لحظ ان احور

وشفار ان با بليّا

وشفار ان با بليّا

with arrows from a dark-eyed glance,

With arrows from the glance of a fawn

and Babylonian lashes,

And lips of a juicy date

وجسم أبيض مدلفن

وجسم أبيض مدلفن

مثل جبنة ان طريّا

مثل جبنة ان طريّا

and a white, plump body

And a white body clad

like a piece of fresh cheese.

Like cheese from Tareea

رمت نرجع لها سفج

رمت نرجع لها سفج

رجعت تقلي عليّا

رجعت تقلي عليّا

I wished to become a fritter for her;

She threw me a flaming glance

she began to fry me.

She returned to blame me

وتقول عني لجاره

وتقول عني لجاره

الفقير مالو تجاره

الفقير مالو تجاره

And she says about me to a neighbor:

And she says about me to her neighbor

"The poor man has no trade."

The poor one has no trade

رب ينصر الخليفا

رب ينصر الخليفا

الذي يعطي ويغني

الذي يعطي ويغني

May the Lord grant victory to the caliph,

May God grant victory to the Caliph

who gives and enriches.

Who gives and enriches

المزاح غلب عليّا

المزاح غلب عليّا

والهوى لشنّه فنّي

والهوى لشنّه فنّي

Jesting has got the better of me,

Playfulness has overcome me

and love—for it is my art.

And passion has perfected his art in me

ماه فن يا رقيعا

ماه فن يا رقيعا

غير نمدح ونهنّي

غير نمدح ونهنّي

What art, you shameless fool,

What is the art, O juicy one

except to praise and congratulate

Other than we praise and celebrate

للذّي يفني النصاره

للذّي يفني النصاره

وصل اللّه انتصاره

وصل اللّه انتصاره

him who annihilates the Christians?

The one who destroys the Christians

May God prolong his victory!

And God made his victory