إلىto صديقa friend قليلlittle الدينpiety منهتكshameless
إلى صديق قليل الدين منهتك
ماnot عازناwas lacking to us منذsince صاحبناهwe befriended him
ما عازنا منذ صاحبناه
To a shameless friend of little piety.
To a nominal friend yet immoral
We have lacked nothing since we befriended him.
Our friendship brought nothing but woes
إنif غبتI am absent قطعhe tears apart عرضيmy honor غيرnot مكترثٍconcerned
إن غبت قطع عرضي غير مكترثٍ
وإنand if حضرتI am present فبكرthen he is a virgin
وإن حضرت فبكر
If I am absent, he tears my honor apart without a care.
If absent, cared not for my dignity
And if I am present, then he is a virgin.
If present, arrived with the cock's first crows