حَلَقْتَ سِبالَكَ جَهْلاً بما

حَلَقْتَ سِبالَكَ جَهْلاً بما

يُواري مِنَ النَّكِراتِ القِباحِ

يُواري مِنَ النَّكِراتِ القِباحِ

You shaved off your mustache, unaware of what

You cast your words in ignorance of what

hideous things it concealed.

They hid of ugly accusations.

فَعَذَبْتَ صَحْبَكَ حتى المَساء

فَعَذَبْتَ صَحْبَكَ حتى المَساء

وعَذَبْتَ عرسك حتى الصَّباحِ

وعَذَبْتَ عرسك حتى الصَّباحِ

So you tormented your companions until evening,

You pained your friends till evening came,

and tormented your wife until morning.

And pained your wedding feast till dawn.

فلا أَبْعَدَ اللهُ ذاكَ السّبالِ

فلا أَبْعَدَ اللهُ ذاكَ السّبالِ

فَقَدْ كَانَ ستْراً عَلى مستراحِ

فَقَدْ كَانَ ستْراً عَلى مستراحِ

So may God not banish that mustache,

So may God not take away those words -

for it had been a covering over a privy.

They were a veil upon a place of rest.