وربَّ ساقٍ قلبُه قَلبه

أَفديه من قاسٍ ومن ساقِ

By the Lord of the ankles whose heart is his heart

I ransom him from the harsh and the ankles

تحاربَ العشّاق في حُسنه

وَقامَت الحَربُ على ساقِ

The lovers fight over his beauty

And war wages over the ankles