فلا أشربُ داريّاً

ولا أشربُ مطبوخا

I drink not date wine,

I do not drink of Darin's vintage,

Nor cooked wine do I drink,

Nor do I drink of wine that's cooked,

ولكن أشربُ الميخَ

الذي يُكنى بأبريخا

But the clear juice I drink

But rather I drink of the 'Mikh',

Which is called Abreech,

That which is nicknamed the 'Abrikh',

على بيض دخاميزٍ

ولا أكلٍ ملطوخا

On newly laid eggs

Served upon eggs of beetle broods,

And no sopped bread,

Not food that is tainted and smeared,

ولحم الجمل الراضع

مسموطاً ومسلوخا

And camel's meat well done

And meat of the suckling camel calf,

And roasted as it should,

Scalded of hair and flayed of hide,

وأقفو أثر الشيخين

هرديّ وملّيخا

And I follow the way of the two sheiks,

And I follow the tracks of the two old sheikhs,

Herdi and Mulleech.

Hardiy and his fellow Mallikh.