صدقَ القائلونَ إنك يا خا

صدقَ القائلونَ إنك يا خا

لدُ أصبحتَ تظلمُ الشوكيّا

لدُ أصبحتَ تظلمُ الشوكيّا

Those who spoke told the truth: you, O Khā-

The truthful have said, O Khaled you have become unjust to Al-Shawkia

lid, have come to wrong al-Shawkī.

You claim generosity for him and his mother

تَدَّعي سَخْلَةً له ولأم

تَدَّعي سَخْلَةً له ولأم

لم تزلْ تحتَهُ فِراشاً وَطيَّا

لم تزلْ تحتَهُ فِراشاً وَطيَّا

You claim as yours a kid born to him and to a mother

Yet you have always been their mattress and blanket

who has always been a yielding bed beneath him.

The burden of caring for them weighs upon your shoulders

ثِقلُ أوراكِها على عاتِقَيه

ثِقلُ أوراكِها على عاتِقَيه

ولك النسلُ جئتَ شيئاً فَرِيّا

ولك النسلُ جئتَ شيئاً فَرِيّا

The weight of her hips rests on his shoulders,

Though from their offspring you came, an odd young fellow

yet the offspring is yours—you have done an outrageous thing!

So fear Allah, rather treat your uncle as an old man

فاتقِ اللَّهَ بل إخالكَ شيخاً

فاتقِ اللَّهَ بل إخالكَ شيخاً

يَتَّقِي اللَّه أن يكون تقيّا

يَتَّقِي اللَّه أن يكون تقيّا

So fear God! Rather, I deem you an old man

Who fears Allah lest he should ever be unjust

who, by God, shuns being pious.