غنِّ أبا حفصٍ إذا جئته

غنِّ أبا حفصٍ إذا جئته

بشعره فيَّ بإيقاعِ

بشعره فيَّ بإيقاعِ

Sing to Abu Hafs when you visit him,

Sing, O father of Hafs, when you come to him

his verses about me, to a beat;

With his poetry in me and its rhythm

وليكن الإيقاع في رأسه

وليكن الإيقاع في رأسه

من حاذق بالقفد صفّاعِ

من حاذق بالقفد صفّاعِ

and let the beat fall on his head,

Let the rhythm in his head be

from one skilled at cuffing the back of the head, a vigorous slapper.

From one skilled in tying firmly the bracelet