حَلَقْتَ سِبالَكَ جَهْلاً بما

حَلَقْتَ سِبالَكَ جَهْلاً بما

يُواري مِنَ النَّكِراتِ القِباحِ

يُواري مِنَ النَّكِراتِ القِباحِ

You shaved your moustache, ignorant of what

You shaved off your moustache, unaware of what

it concealed of hideous abominations.

ugly horrors it concealed.

فَعَذَبْتَ صَحْبَكَ حتى المَساء

فَعَذَبْتَ صَحْبَكَ حتى المَساء

وعَذَبْتَ عرسك حتى الصَّباحِ

وعَذَبْتَ عرسك حتى الصَّباحِ

And so you tormented your companions until evening,

So you tormented your companions until evening,

and tormented your wife until morning.

and tormented your wife until morning.

فلا أَبْعَدَ اللهُ ذاكَ السّبالِ

فلا أَبْعَدَ اللهُ ذاكَ السّبالِ

فَقَدْ كَانَ ستْراً عَلى مستراحِ

فَقَدْ كَانَ ستْراً عَلى مستراحِ

So may God never do away with that moustache—

So may God never banish that moustache,

for it had been a screen over a privy.

for it was a covering over a latrine.