قالَ وُحَيشٌ لي في مَنزِلي

قالَ وُحَيشٌ لي في مَنزِلي

مَكبوبَةٌ ظاهِرَةُ المِلحِ

مَكبوبَةٌ ظاهِرَةُ المِلحِ

Wuhaysh said to me, “In my house

Wuhaysh said to me in my house

Is a makbūba dish, its salt evident.”

The salt was clearly visible

فَقُلتُ ما عِندَكَ مَكبوبَةٌ

فَقُلتُ ما عِندَكَ مَكبوبَةٌ

إِن لَم تَكُن أُمَّ أَبي الفَتحِ

إِن لَم تَكُن أُمَّ أَبي الفَتحِ

So I said, “You have no makbūba,

So I said, “You have no ‘makbūbah’

Unless it is Umm Abī al-Fatḥ.”

If you are not the mother of my father Al-Fatḥ