لَم يَتَّفِق مِمّا جَرى في المَركَبِ

لَم يَتَّفِق مِمّا جَرى في المَركَبِ

كَكَذِبِ القِردِ عَلى نوحِ النَبي

كَكَذِبِ القِردِ عَلى نوحِ النَبي

Nothing that happened aboard the ark was

What happened on the ship did not align,

like the monkey's lies to Noah the prophet.

With the lies of the ape against Prophet Noah.

فَإِنَّهُ كانَ بِأَقصى السَطحِ

فَإِنَّهُ كانَ بِأَقصى السَطحِ

فَاِشتاقَ مِن خِفَّتِهِ لِلمَزحِ

فَاِشتاقَ مِن خِفَّتِهِ لِلمَزحِ

For he was at the far end of the deck,

For he was at the farthest edge of the deck,

so, in his frivolity, he longed to play a prank.

Yearning lightheartedly to jest.

وَصاحَ يا لِلطَيرِ وَالأَسماكِ

وَصاحَ يا لِلطَيرِ وَالأَسماكِ

لِمَوجَةٍ تَجِدُّ في هَلاكي

لِمَوجَةٍ تَجِدُّ في هَلاكي

And he cried, "Birds and fish, help me

He cried, “O birds and fish!

against a wave bent on destroying me!"

For a wave that would bring about my demise.”

فَبَعَثَ النَبي لَهُ النُسورا

فَبَعَثَ النَبي لَهُ النُسورا

فَوَجَدَتهُ لاهِياً مَسرورا

فَوَجَدَتهُ لاهِياً مَسرورا

So the prophet sent the vultures to him,

So the Prophet sent him eagles,

and they found him at play and happy.

And they found him playing, delighted.

ثُمَّ أَتى ثانِيَةً يَصيحُ

ثُمَّ أَتى ثانِيَةً يَصيحُ

قَد ثُقِبَت مَركَبُنا يا نوحُ

قَد ثُقِبَت مَركَبُنا يا نوحُ

Then he came a second time, shouting,

Then again he screamed,

"Our ark has been pierced, O Noah!"

“Our ship is punctured, O Noah!”

فَأَرسَلَ النَبِيُّ كُلَّ مَن حَضَر

فَأَرسَلَ النَبِيُّ كُلَّ مَن حَضَر

فَلَم يَرَوا كَما رَأى القِردُ خَطَر

فَلَم يَرَوا كَما رَأى القِردُ خَطَر

So the prophet sent everyone who was there,

So the Prophet sent all who were present,

but they saw no danger such as the monkey had seen.

But they did not see the danger the ape saw.

وَبَينَما السَفيهُ يَوماً يَلعَبُ

وَبَينَما السَفيهُ يَوماً يَلعَبُ

جادَت بِهِ عَلى المِياهِ المَركَبُ

جادَت بِهِ عَلى المِياهِ المَركَبُ

And one day, while the fool was playing,

While the fool was playing one day,

the ark gave him up to the waters.

The ship sailed away with him on the water.

فَسَمِعوهُ في الدُجى يَنوحُ

فَسَمِعوهُ في الدُجى يَنوحُ

يَقولُ إِنّي هالِكٌ يا نوحُ

يَقولُ إِنّي هالِكٌ يا نوحُ

Then they heard him wailing in the darkness,

They heard him in the dark lamenting,

saying, "I am perishing, O Noah!

Saying, “I am lost, O Noah!”

سَقَطتُ مِن حَماقَتي في الماءِ

سَقَطتُ مِن حَماقَتي في الماءِ

وَصِرتُ بَينَ الأَرضِ وَالسَماءِ

وَصِرتُ بَينَ الأَرضِ وَالسَماءِ

I fell into the water through my foolishness,

“I have fallen in the water from my folly,

and now I am between earth and sky!"

And am now between the earth and sky.”

فَلَم يُصَدِّق أَحَدٌ صِياحَه

فَلَم يُصَدِّق أَحَدٌ صِياحَه

وَقيلَ حَقّاً هَذِهِ وَقاحَه

وَقيلَ حَقّاً هَذِهِ وَقاحَه

So no one believed his cries,

But no one believed his screaming,

and it was said, "This is sheer impudence!"

And it was said, “This is true impudence!”

قَد قالَ في هَذا المَقامِ مَن سَبَق

قَد قالَ في هَذا المَقامِ مَن سَبَق

أَكذبُ ما يُلفي الكَذوبُ إِن صَدَق

أَكذبُ ما يُلفي الكَذوبُ إِن صَدَق

One who came before has said in this regard:

One who preceded said in this regard,

"A habitual liar is deemed most false when he tells the truth."

“The greater the liar's lie, even if he speaks the truth.”

مَن كانَ مَمنُوّاً بِداءِ الكَذِبِ

مَن كانَ مَمنُوّاً بِداءِ الكَذِبِ

لا يَترُكُ اللَهَ وَلا يُعفي نَبي

لا يَترُكُ اللَهَ وَلا يُعفي نَبي

Whoever is afflicted with the disease of lying

He whom the vice of lying has possessed,

spares neither God nor any prophet.

God does not forgive, nor does the Prophet absolve.