عَطفَ الغانِيات ما

عَطفَ الغانِيات ما

أَتَشَكّى وَما أَصِفُ

أَتَشَكّى وَما أَصِفُ

The beautiful women were moved to pity by what

The singing girls do not

The affection of the fair ones is what

I lament and what I describe.

Hear my complaints or descriptions

I complain of and what I describe;

فَإِذا قُلتُ لَيسَ لي

فَإِذا قُلتُ لَيسَ لي

وَلَدٌ قُلنَ لي أَصفُ

وَلَدٌ قُلنَ لي أَصفُ

So when I said, 'I have no

When I say I have no

So when I said, "I have no

child,' they told me, 'You are barren.'

Son, they tell me, describe

Son," they said to me, "I grieve."