وعامرِ دارٍ للخَنا وهو قبلَها

وعامرِ دارٍ للخَنا وهو قبلَها

لأوسَعَ منها تحتَ طِمريه مِعمارُ

لأوسَعَ منها تحتَ طِمريه مِعمارُ

Many a keeper of a house of debauchery—though, before it,

And a builder of a house for lewdness—who, before it existed,

He built a house of evil and before that

beneath his two rags was an edifice roomier than the house—

Was architect of a roomier one beneath his two ragged garments—

Beneath his rubbish was a dwelling far more spacious.

تعزَّب في أرجائِها بفحولِها

تعزَّب في أرجائِها بفحولِها

فللَّه درُّ الدارِ ما تَستُر الدارُ

فللَّه درُّ الدارِ ما تَستُر الدارُ

has lived celibate in its chambers, among its studs.

Lived unmarried in its quarters, with its stallions.

His stalwart friends paraded through its tracts -

What a marvelous house, by God—what things that house conceals!

So God bless the house—what the house conceals!

Great God! The house conceals what it contains.