يُعَزُّ عَلَى أحمَدٍ بالذي

يُعَزُّ عَلَى أحمَدٍ بالذي

أصَابَ ابنَهُ أمسِ من يُوسُفِ

أصَابَ ابنَهُ أمسِ من يُوسُفِ

Ahmad is grieved by what

Ahmed grieves for what befell

befell his son yesterday at Yusuf’s hands—

His son yesterday from wicked Yousef

خَبِيثٍ مِن العُصبَةِ الأخبَثِينَ

خَبِيثٍ مِن العُصبَةِ الأخبَثِينَ

وإن قُلتُ زَانِينَ لَم أَقذِفِ

وإن قُلتُ زَانِينَ لَم أَقذِفِ

a vile man of the vilest band;

Who is the vilest of the vile gang

and if I called them fornicators, I would not be slandering them.

And if I say they are adulterers, I do not slander