لِمَيمونَ وَجهٌ يَسوءُ العُيونَ

لِمَيمونَ وَجهٌ يَسوءُ العُيونَ

مَنظَرُهُ الأَسوَدُ الحالِكُ

مَنظَرُهُ الأَسوَدُ الحالِكُ

Maymun has a face that offends the eyes

A face so sullen it offends the eyes

with its black, pitch-dark appearance.

With darkness ominous and fatal guise

وَحَمّامُهُ مُظلِمٌ بارِدٌ

وَحَمّامُهُ مُظلِمٌ بارِدٌ

يَضَلُّ بِأَرجائِهِ السالِكُ

يَضَلُّ بِأَرجائِهِ السالِكُ

And his bathhouse is dark and cold;

His bathhouse chill and shadowy within

the wayfarer loses his way in its corners.

Where lost the lonely wanderer has been

وَهَب أَنَّ حَمّامَهُ جَنَّةٌ

وَهَب أَنَّ حَمّامَهُ جَنَّةٌ

أَلَيسَ عَلى بابِهِ مالِكُ

أَلَيسَ عَلى بابِهِ مالِكُ

And suppose that his bathhouse is a paradise—

And if his bath's a heaven, can there be

is Malik not at its gate?

No angel guarding at the entry?