يا عَمروُ ما هَذا الغُلامُ الَّذي

مَرَّ بِنا في الحَيِّ مُستَنّا

O Amr, who is this youth

O Amr, who is this young lad who

Who passed by us in the neighborhood alarmed

Passed by us in the camp, dashing along?

أَفازِعٌ مِن وَصلِ شُطّارِكُم

فَرُبَّما قَد شُغِلوا عَنّا

Fleeing from the joining of your poets

Is he terrified of the approach of your rogues,

For perhaps they have been distracted from us

For perhaps they have been distracted from us?

بِاللَهِ أَسقِطني عَلى أَمرِهِ

فَإِنَّ بَعضَ الناسِ قَد جُنّا

By Allah, enlighten me about his matter

By God, reveal to me his story,

For some of the people have become possessed

For truly, some people have gone mad.