أَقولُ قَولاً بِلا اِحتِشامٍ

أَقولُ قَولاً بِلا اِحتِشامٍ

يَعقِلُهُ كلُّ مَن يعيهِ

يَعقِلُهُ كلُّ مَن يعيهِ

I make a statement without reserve,

I say a saying without modesty

which everyone who heeds it understands:

Comprehended by all who understand it

اِبنُ عَذابٍ اِذا تَغَنّى

اِبنُ عَذابٍ اِذا تَغَنّى

فَاِنَّني مِنهُ في أَبيهِ

فَاِنَّني مِنهُ في أَبيهِ

When Ibn ʿAdhāb sings,

The son of torment, when he sings

then, because of him, I am in his father—Torment.

I am in him, in his father