أَجِدّوا النِعالَ لِأَقدامِكُم

أَجِدّوا النِعالَ لِأَقدامِكُم

أَجِدّوا فَوَيهاً لَكُم جَروَلُ

أَجِدّوا فَوَيهاً لَكُم جَروَلُ

Renew the sandals for your feet.

Polish your shoes for your feet

Renew them—come on! You have Jarwal.

And prepare a saddle for your steed

وَأَبلِغ سَلامانَ إِن جِئتَها

وَأَبلِغ سَلامانَ إِن جِئتَها

فَلا يَكُ شِبهاً لَها المِغزَلُ

فَلا يَكُ شِبهاً لَها المِغزَلُ

And tell Salaman, if you come to her:

Send my regards to Sulaiman, if you meet him

let the spindle be no likeness of her.

For the spinning wheel bears no resemblance to her

يُكَسّي الأَنامَ وَيُعري أَستَهُ

يُكَسّي الأَنامَ وَيُعري أَستَهُ

وَيَنسَلُّ مِن خَلفِهِ الأَسفَلُ

وَيَنسَلُّ مِن خَلفِهِ الأَسفَلُ

It clothes mankind while baring its own backside,

It clothes the people yet strips their dignity

and its lower end slips out from behind it.

As the riffraff slither behind

فَإِنَّ بُجَيراً وَأَشياعَهُ

فَإِنَّ بُجَيراً وَأَشياعَهُ

كَما تَبحَثُ الشاةُ إِذ تَدآلُ

كَما تَبحَثُ الشاةُ إِذ تَدآلُ

For Bujayr and his followers

For Bujayr and his associates

are like a ewe pawing the ground as she moves along:

Are like a sheep bleating as it wanders

أَثارَت عَنِ الحَتفِ فَاِغتالَها

أَثارَت عَنِ الحَتفِ فَاِغتالَها

فَمَرَّ عَلى حَلقِها المِغوَلُ

فَمَرَّ عَلى حَلقِها المِغوَلُ

she uncovered death, and it slew her unawares;

They roused the wolf from its lair and it ambushed them

then the dagger passed across her throat.

Passing its throat over their necks

وَآخِرُ عَهدٍ لَها مونِقٌ

وَآخِرُ عَهدٍ لَها مونِقٌ

غَديرٌ وَجِزعٌ لَها مُبقِلُ

غَديرٌ وَجِزعٌ لَها مُبقِلُ

And the last she had known was a delight:

And the last days for her were woeful

a pool and a valley bend, lush with herbage for her.

A pond and a mourning willow for her weeping