سيدي دعوة شاك

سيدي دعوة شاك

من عيالٍ جور حكم

من عيالٍ جور حكم

My lord, a complainant's plea

My master, a doubting call

of his dependents' unjust rule:

from the children of an unjust rule

يطلبون الّلحم في العي

يطلبون الّلحم في العي

د وما يدرون همّي

د وما يدرون همّي

They ask for meat at Ei-

They ask for meat on the Eid

d, yet they do not know my worry.

And they know not my concerns

وأخاف العيد يأتي

وأخاف العيد يأتي

وأنا قطعة لحم

وأنا قطعة لحم

And I fear Eid will come

And I fear the Eid will come

while I am a piece of meat.

And I a piece of meat