لخالدٍ زوجةٌ مكرَّعةٌ

تكريعُها في البلاد مشهورُ

Khalid has a crooked-legged wife

Whose crookedness in the land is well known

يعيش من طبلها ومن حِرها

فبيته القَلْطبان معمور

He lives off her drum and her crookedness

So his house is ever prosperous

يلومه الناس أنْ تزوجَها

والشيخُ لو يعلمون معذور

People blame him for having married her

If only they knew, the old man is excused

لولا استُها جاعت استه أبداً

وعاش ما عاش وهو مضرور

If not for her crookedness, he would be hungry forever

And he has lived as long as he lived, feeling harmed

دعُوه يمتار من فياشِلها

بعلة الطفل تشبع الظير

Leave him to enjoy her crooked legs

A child's condition fills the back