كَتَبتُ إِلَيكَ أَستَهدي نَبيذاً

كَتَبتُ إِلَيكَ أَستَهدي نَبيذاً

وَأُدلي بالجِوارِ وَبالحُقوقِ

وَأُدلي بالجِوارِ وَبالحُقوقِ

I wrote to you asking for a gift of wine,

I wrote to you seeking wine

And invoking neighborly ties and rights.

And appealed to you through our kinship and through rights

فَخَبَّرتَ الأَميرَ بذاكَ غَدراً

فَخَبَّرتَ الأَميرَ بذاكَ غَدراً

وَكُنتَ أَخا مُفاضَحَةٍ وَمُوقِ

وَكُنتَ أَخا مُفاضَحَةٍ وَمُوقِ

So you treacherously told the emir of that,

Yet you told the prince of this treacherously

And you were given to public shaming and folly.

You were a brother of betrayal and distrust