يا طيِّبَ الثغر والمُجَاجَهْ

يا طيِّبَ الثغر والمُجَاجَهْ

اقضِ لنا حاجةً بحاجَهْ

اقضِ لنا حاجةً بحاجَهْ

O you of sweet mouth and saliva,

O you of sweet lips and charm,

Satisfy a need of ours in return for a need.

Grant us a wish, do no harm,

خذ من دنانيرنا وبِعْنَا

خذ من دنانيرنا وبِعْنَا

نيكا ودعنا من اللَّجاجَهْ

نيكا ودعنا من اللَّجاجَهْ

Take some of our dinars and sell us

Take from our dinars and sell to us,

A fuck, and spare us the wrangling.

Kindly, and leave off from blame.

وأنت يا سيدي رخيصٌ

وأنت يا سيدي رخيصٌ

بخلْعِ كسرى عليك تاجَهْ

بخلْعِ كسرى عليك تاجَهْ

And you, my lord, are a bargain,

You, my lord, are so generous,

Even at the price of Chosroes bestowing his crown upon you.

Like Kisra crowned lofty and sage.

عَرِّجْ علينا نُصِب غَدَاءً

عَرِّجْ علينا نُصِب غَدَاءً

ونُعْمِلِ العود والزجاجَهْ

ونُعْمِلِ العود والزجاجَهْ

Stop by our place; we shall have lunch,

Stop by us, set out a lunch tomorrow,

And put the lute and the bottle to work.

And prepare the lute and glass.

يا حسنَ الوجه لا تَسَمَّجْ

يا حسنَ الوجه لا تَسَمَّجْ

فَتُفسِدَ الحسْن بالسَّماجَهْ

فَتُفسِدَ الحسْن بالسَّماجَهْ

O handsome-faced one, do not act ugly,

O fair face, do not frown,

Lest you spoil beauty with ugliness.

And ruin beauty with a scowl.

هل مانعي حاجتي مليحٌ

هل مانعي حاجتي مليحٌ

خِلْوٌ من البغْض والفجَاجَهْ

خِلْوٌ من البغْض والفجَاجَهْ

Is he who denies me my need handsome,

Is my wish's denier handsome?

Free of hatred and coarseness?

Free of hate and impudence.

وإنما حاجتي إليه

وإنما حاجتي إليه

حاجة ديك إلى دجاجَهْ

حاجة ديك إلى دجاجَهْ

And my need for him is only

My wish for him is but

A rooster's need for a hen.

A rooster's need of a hen.