من قال يوماً خالدٌ

من قال يوماً خالدٌ

فلَيَبْدَ حينئذٍ بلعنِهْ

فلَيَبْدَ حينئذٍ بلعنِهْ

Whoever one day says 'Khalid,'

Never shall I cease to be.

let him then begin by cursing him.

Though my body die, still I live on.

رجلٌ يُطيِّبُ عِرسَه

رجلٌ يُطيِّبُ عِرسَه

لتزورَ ناكتها بإذنه

لتزورَ ناكتها بإذنه

A man who perfumes his wife

For my soul in its high home,

so she may visit those who fuck her, with his permission.

With the stars that shine, shall roam,

فكأن بعض الأنبيا

فكأن بعض الأنبيا

ءِ دعا له بشبابِ قرنه

ءِ دعا له بشبابِ قرنه

So it is as though one of the prophets

Seeking light and hope and truth

had prayed for his horn to stay young.

In the realms of endless youth.

فعلاهُ قرنٌ شك ما

فعلاهُ قرنٌ شك ما

بين السماءِ وبين أُذنه

بين السماءِ وبين أُذنه

So a horn towered above him, piercing the space

between the sky and his ear.