أَذاعَ أُناسٌ أَنَّ عيسى بنُ مُرقُسٍ

أَذاعَ أُناسٌ أَنَّ عيسى بنُ مُرقُسٍ

قَضى نَحبَهُ مِن طولِ عُطلَتِهِ غَمّا

قَضى نَحبَهُ مِن طولِ عُطلَتِهِ غَمّا

Some people spread word that Isa, son of Marqus,

Some people spread the news that Isa ibn Murqus

had died of grief from his prolonged idleness.

Died of grief from his long unemployment,

فَقُلتُ لَهُم هَذا المُحالُ بِعَينِهِ

فَقُلتُ لَهُم هَذا المُحالُ بِعَينِهِ

مَتى خَرَّبَ الشَيطانُ قَطُّ لَهُ كَرما

مَتى خَرَّبَ الشَيطانُ قَطُّ لَهُ كَرما

So I said to them, “This is utterly impossible:

So I said to them this is absolutely impossible!

When has Satan ever destroyed a vineyard of his own?”

When did the devil ever destroy a vineyard for him?