أَلَمَّ عَلى عِنَباتِ العَجوزِ

أَلَمَّ عَلى عِنَباتِ العَجوزِ

وَحُسوَتِها مِن غِياثٍ لَمَم

وَحُسوَتِها مِن غِياثٍ لَمَم

On the old woman’s grapes there fell

There came upon the old woman’s grapes

and on her little draught, a trifling trespass by Ghiyāth.

and her sip of broth a passing foray by Ghiyath.

فَظَلَّت تُهَينِمُ في بَيتِها

فَظَلَّت تُهَينِمُ في بَيتِها

وَتَلعَنُ وَاللَعنُ مِنها أَمَم

وَتَلعَنُ وَاللَعنُ مِنها أَمَم

So she went on muttering in her house

So she kept muttering in her house,

and cursing—her curses ever ready at hand.

and cursing—her curses were of little account.