يا فَتى متويِّ رِفقاً

يا فَتى متويِّ رِفقاً

لَستَ مَن يُنكَرُ أَصلُه

لَستَ مَن يُنكَرُ أَصلُه

O youth of Matwayy, be gentle.

O noble one, tread gently,

You are not one whose ancestry is questioned.

You are not one whose origin is denied.

اِنَّما يُنكَرُ مِنهُ

اِنَّما يُنكَرُ مِنهُ

من جُنونٍ فيهِ ثقلُه

من جُنونٍ فيهِ ثقلُه

The only fault found in him

Rather what is denied in him,

Is his tiresomeness, born of the madness within him.

Is the heaviness of madness within him.

أَنتَ نَذلٌ مِن كِرامٍ

أَنتَ نَذلٌ مِن كِرامٍ

أَنتَ في الطاووسِ رجلُه

أَنتَ في الطاووسِ رجلُه

You are a scoundrel of noble stock;

You are an ignoble one from the noble,

In the peacock, you are its foot.

You are the leg of a peacock.