إن كان قد زاد في رقاعتِه

إن كان قد زاد في رقاعتِه

وقال إني جليسُ مولانا

وقال إني جليسُ مولانا

If he has grown still more impudent

If he has increased in his foolishness

And said, “I am our lord’s companion,”

And said that I am the companion of our master

فالشمسُ والشمسُ ما علمتَ بها

فالشمسُ والشمسُ ما علمتَ بها

تجلسُ فيها الكلابُ أحيانا

تجلسُ فيها الكلابُ أحيانا

Then the sun—the sun, as you know it—

Then the sun, the sun, you do not know it

Sometimes has dogs sitting in its light.

Sometimes even dogs sit in it