لَعَمرُكَby your life ماnot مَروانُMarwan يَقضيsettles أُمورَناour affairs
لَعَمرُكَ ما مَروانُ يَقضي أُمورَنا
وَلَكِنَّbut ماan emphatic particle يَقضيsettles لَناfor us بِنتُthe daughter of جَعفَرِJa‘far
وَلَكِنَّ ما يَقضي لَنا بِنتُ جَعفَرِ
By your life, Marwan does not settle our affairs;
By your life! Marwan does not decide our affairs
Rather, Ja‘far’s daughter settles them for us.
Rather, the daughter of Ja'far decides for us
فَياso, oh لَيتَهاif only she كانَتshe was عَلَيناover us أَميرَةًa female ruler
فَيا لَيتَها كانَت عَلَينا أَميرَةً
وَليتَكَand if only you ياO مَروانُMarwan أَمسَيتَyou had become ذاpossessed of حَرِa vulva
وَليتَكَ يا مَروانُ أَمسَيتَ ذا حَرِ
Oh, if only she were our ruler,
Oh, if only she were our ruler
And if only you, Marwan, had come to possess a vulva.
And if only you, O Marwan, were without authority
Sol 6.1