إِذا كُنتُمُ الكِبار

إِذا كُنتُمُ الكِبار

وَكُنّا لَكُم صِغار

وَكُنّا لَكُم صِغار

If you are the great ones,

When you were big

and we are but small beside you,

And we were small for you

وَصِرتُم تُماطِلونَ

وَصِرتُم تُماطِلونَ

مَتى يَقضِمُ الحِمار

مَتى يَقضِمُ الحِمار

and you have taken to stalling—

And you began to procrastinate

when will the donkey get to nibble?

When will the donkey bite