لقَّبَها معشرٌ مغنيةً

لقَّبَها معشرٌ مغنيةً

كعقرب الحسنِ لُقِّبت تَمْرَهْ

كعقرب الحسنِ لُقِّبت تَمْرَهْ

Some people dubbed her a singer,

A group dubbed her a singer

as a scorpion is nicknamed Tamrah (‘Date’) for its beauty.

Like a scorpion, she was dubbed a date

تُجذَر فلساً على الغناء ولا

تُجذَر فلساً على الغناء ولا

تسكت إلا وجَذرُها بدْرَهْ

تسكت إلا وجَذرُها بدْرَهْ

She is paid a fils for singing, but will not

She takes root, so very poor at singing

fall silent unless her fee is a purseful of money.

Yet she's silent only when the full moon rises