لَقَد قَطَعت هذا الطريقَ دجاجةٌ

لَقَد قَطَعت هذا الطريقَ دجاجةٌ

وَلَم نَرَ طيراً قَبلها يقطعُ الطرقا

وَلَم نَرَ طيراً قَبلها يقطعُ الطرقا

Indeed, a hen crossed this road.

A hen crossed this road

And before her, we had seen no bird cross the roads.

And we saw no bird before her crossing roads

وَقَفنا حذارَ اللوثِ مِن دمِ جيدها

وَقَفنا حذارَ اللوثِ مِن دمِ جيدها

وَقد لَبِست منهُ على رَغمها طوقا

وَقد لَبِست منهُ على رَغمها طوقا

We stopped, fearing stains from the blood of her neck,

We stood wary of the filth from her neck's blood

While she had already, against her will, donned a collar of it.

And she wore from it a necklace despite herself