ما لقينا من أخي تيم

ما لقينا من أخي تيم

ومن أرجاف قومهِ

ومن أرجاف قومهِ

What we have suffered from this man of Taym,

What we have endured from the brother of Taym,

We did not find my brother Taim

and from his people's false claims!

and from his people's rumor-mongering!

Or the leaders of his people.

كلَّما جئناه قالوا

كلَّما جئناه قالوا

شُغِلَ القاضي بصومهِ

شُغِلَ القاضي بصومهِ

Whenever we came to him, they said,

Whenever we came to him, they said,

Whenever we came, they said:

“The judge is occupied with his fasting.”

"The judge is occupied with his fasting."

"The judge is busy with his fast."

يجلس الخصم لديه

يجلس الخصم لديه

وهو في أطيب نومهِ

وهو في أطيب نومهِ

The litigant sits before him

The litigant sits before him,

The plaintiff sits before him

while he is sunk in the sweetest sleep.

while he is in his sweetest sleep.

While he is in deepest slumber.