منعتَنيyou denied me جاهَكyour influence فيat وقفةٍa moment
منعتَني جاهَك في وقفةٍ
تُسعِدُنيyou help me فيin عقدِcontracting for سنبوقِa sambuk (sailing boat)
تُسعِدُني في عقدِ سنبوقِ
You withheld your influence from me at a moment
Your pomp has denied me a stance
When you could help me contract for a sambuk.
That would bring me joy in the pact of the buglehorn.
ياO طبلُdrum ماwhat ألهاكَdistracted you عنfrom شاعرٍa poet
يا طبلُ ما ألهاكَ عن شاعرٍ
يضْربُstrikes فيat عِرضِكَyour honor بالبوقِwith the trumpet
يضْربُ في عِرضِكَ بالبوقِ
O drum, what distracted you from a poet
O drum! Why are you oblivious to a bard
Who strikes at your honor with a trumpet?
Who strikes at your width with the buglehorn?