إذا ما الشيخ خلف أطيبيه

وأخلق بعد ملبوس جديد

When the sheikh puts on his finest clothes

And a brand new outfit after that

تكدّرت الحياة عليه إلا

حشاشات تردّدُ في الوريد

Life seems miserable for him except

For the grasshoppers humming in his veins