إِذا كُنتُمُ الكِبار

إِذا كُنتُمُ الكِبار

وَكُنّا لَكُم صِغار

وَكُنّا لَكُم صِغار

If you are the great ones,

If you are the great ones,

When you were big

and we are but small beside you,

and we are small in your eyes,

And we were small for you

وَصِرتُم تُماطِلونَ

وَصِرتُم تُماطِلونَ

مَتى يَقضِمُ الحِمار

مَتى يَقضِمُ الحِمار

and you have taken to stalling—

and you have begun to stall,

And you began to procrastinate

when will the donkey get to nibble?

when will the donkey munch?

When will the donkey bite