بِذِمامِ شَجنَةَ يا أَبا العَبَّاسِ

بِذِمامِ شَجنَةَ يا أَبا العَبَّاسِ

تِلكَ الَّتي فَضَحَتكَ بَينَ الناسِ

تِلكَ الَّتي فَضَحَتكَ بَينَ الناسِ

By Shajnah's bond of honor, O Abu al-Abbas—

With the anguish of yearning, O Abu al-Abbas

that woman who disgraced you among the people—

She who exposed you among the people

إِلا خَلَعتَ لَها ثِيابَكَ إِنَّها

إِلا خَلَعتَ لَها ثِيابَكَ إِنَّها

بِئسَ اللِّباسُ وَشَرُّ كُلِّ لِباسِ

بِئسَ اللِّباسُ وَشَرُّ كُلِّ لِباسِ

do take off your clothes for her; she is

Unless you take off your clothes for her, she is

a wretched garment, the worst of all garments.

Wretched attire and the worst of all attire