وَعَيْشِكَ لَمْ أَكَدْ أَسلُوهُ كَبْشاً

يَطُولُ عليهِ نَوْحِي وانتِحابي

I hardly made your living a sacrificial lamb

on which my wailing and moaning would be long

وَقَدْ أَعْلنتُهُ عَلَفاً تَماماً

فَحَاوَلَ شَحْمُهُ شَقَّ الوِهابِ

I declared it completely as fodder

Its fatness broke through the Giver

فَهَدّوا حَائِطاً أَخَذوهُ مِنهُ

وَعَنْهُ يَضِيقُ مُشْكلُ كُلِّ بَابِ

So they demolished a wall and took it from him

And through it, the issue of every door was narrowed

فَإِنْ لَمْ أُوتِ مِن ذَنْبٍ فَإنّي

أَمِنتُ من الكِلابِ بَني الكِلابِ

For if I were not given any sins, then I

Would be safe from the dogs, O children of dogs

وحَظّي قَدْ كَبَابي دُونَ حَظِّي

بِعِيدِ النَّحْرِ مِن أَكْلِ الكَبابِ

And my luck deceived me, unlike my luck

On the feast of sacrifice, from eating the cooked meat

فَأَنعشَهُ الوَزيرُ فَقامَ يَسعَى

بِكَبْشٍ خُلِّقَتْ مِنهُ رِحَابي

So the minister revived him, and he began to run

With a spacious lamb created from it