ما تَلَقَّيْتَ بالمضيرَةِ إِلا

ما تَلَقَّيْتَ بالمضيرَةِ إِلا

لِمَعَانٍ تَعافُهَا الأَلْوانُ

لِمَعَانٍ تَعافُهَا الأَلْوانُ

You encountered maḍīra only

You have not encountered misfortune

for reasons that the colors find repugnant.

Except for reasons the colors disdain

مخَضَتْ في العبيد

مخَضَتْ في العبيد

فَجَرَى من أَلْبَانُ

فَجَرَى من أَلْبَانُ

It churned among the slaves,

It originated in slaves

so milk flowed from ...

So it flowed in their milk

غيرَ أَنِّي وقَدْ نَصَحْتُكَ جُهْدِي

غيرَ أَنِّي وقَدْ نَصَحْتُكَ جُهْدِي

آنِفٌ أَنْ السُّودَانُ

آنِفٌ أَنْ السُّودَانُ

Yet I, having advised you to the best of my ability,

However I, having just advised you

am disdainful that the Black people ...

The blacks are rough slaves

العبيد سُودٌ غِلاظٌ

العبيد سُودٌ غِلاظٌ

وَهْيَ لونٌ ما فيهِ باذِنْجَانُ

وَهْيَ لونٌ ما فيهِ باذِنْجَانُ

The slaves are black and coarse,

And their color lacks aubergine

and it is a dish with no eggplant in it.