لي رفقةٌ تعجب إقبالهم

لي رفقةٌ تعجب إقبالهم

حوارنا يصقل أفخاذا

حوارنا يصقل أفخاذا

I have companions whose approach you marvel at.

I have a company whose arrival surprises me

Our conversation polishes thighs.

Our talk polishes thighs

عادوا ببطيخٍ وقرعٍ لهم

عادوا ببطيخٍ وقرعٍ لهم

وعدت لا هذا ولا هذا

وعدت لا هذا ولا هذا

They returned with watermelons and gourds for themselves,

They returned with melon and pumpkin for them

and I returned with neither this nor that.

And I promised neither this nor that

قد نبذوا الإنصافَ فاعجب لمن

قد نبذوا الإنصافَ فاعجب لمن

غدا بشهرِ الصوم نبَّاذا

غدا بشهرِ الصوم نبَّاذا

They have cast fairness aside—so marvel at one who

They have abandoned fairness, it is surprising for whom

became a habitual discarder in the month of fasting.

Tomorrow with the fasting month scatterer