نَجوتُ مِنَ اللِصِّ المُغيرِ بِسَيفِهِ

نَجوتُ مِنَ اللِصِّ المُغيرِ بِسَيفِهِ

إِذا ما رَماهُ بِالتِجارِ سَبيلُ

إِذا ما رَماهُ بِالتِجارِ سَبيلُ

I escaped the thief who raids with his sword

I escaped the thief's fatal blade

I escaped the raiding thief with his sword,

Whenever a road casts merchants his way.

Who makes of men his living trade

When the road cast him upon the merchants,

وَسَلَّطتُ خَمّاراً عَلَيَّ بِخَمرِهِ

وَسَلَّطتُ خَمّاراً عَلَيَّ بِخَمرِهِ

فَراحَ بِأَثوابي وَرُحتُ أَميلُ

فَراحَ بِأَثوابي وَرُحتُ أَميلُ

And I gave a wine-seller power over me through his wine;

Then drunkenness enslaved my soul

But I empowered a vintner over me with his wine,

So he went off with my clothes, and I went off reeling.

And took my clothes and self-control

So he departed with my robes, and I was left swaying.