مولاي نجم الدين جاء الشتا

واتضح العذر لكم واستبان

My Master Najm al-Din, winter has come

And the excuse for you has become clear and evident

وقد اتى البرد واني امرء

لم يدف مني فيه غير اللسان

For the cold has arrived, and I am a man

Whose only protection from it is his tongue