أصلّي الصلاةَ الخمسَ في حال وقتها
وأشهد بالتوحيد للَهِ طائعا
I pray the five prayers on time
I pray the five daily prayers when their time is due,
And testify to God's oneness willingly
And testify in obedience that God is One and true.
وأُحسنُ غسلي إن ركبتُ جنابةً
وإن جاءني المسكينُ لم أكُ مانعا
I perform ablution well if in a state of ritual impurity
I purify myself with care if impurity I bear,
And if a poor person comes to me, I am no preventer
And if the poor man comes to me, I have a share to spare.
وفي كلّ عام صومُ شهرِ أقيمهُ
وما زلتُ للأندادِ والشرك خالعا
And every year I fast the month
And every year I undertake the month of fasting’s rite,
And I still reject the rivals and polytheism
While casting off false idols and polytheism’s blight.
وأنظرُ إن حانت من الكأسِ دعوةٌ
إلى بيعةِ الساقي أجيبُ مسارعا
And I look if an invitation to a cup comes
Yet should an invitation from the wine-cup catch my eye,
To the tavern keeper's allegiance I respond hastily
To pledge the cupbearer allegiance, hastily I fly.
فأشربُها صرفاً على لحم ماعزٍ
وجدي كثيرِ اللحم قد كان راضعا
So I drink it straight on goat meat
I drink it straight and pure alongside meat of mountain goat,
And my liver which had much meat was suckling
And a fleshy suckling kid, tender to the throat.
وبيض وخاميزٍ وخلّ وبقلةٍ
فما زال للمخمور ما كان نافعا
And eggs, truffles, vinegar and onions
With eggs and savory stew, vinegar and greens,
So it has not ceased to be beneficial for the intoxicated
For such fare serves the drunkard well within his scenes.
وإن لاح لي صيدٌ وثبتُ بنهضةٍ
على ردفهِ في السر كالذئب جائعا
And if prey appears to me and I stand up energized
And if a prey appears to me, I leap with sudden might,
On its rump as a hungry wolf
Upon the rump in secret, like a hungry wolf at bite.
وأجعلُ تخليط الروافضِ كلّها
بفقحةِ بختيشوع في النار طابعا
And I make the mixing of all the Rejectionists
I consign the Rafidah’s confused and senseless claims,
With Bukhtishu's ulcer in the fire a stamp
To brand Bakhtishu’s anus in the everlasting flames.