أَلَم تَرَوا لِلعَجَبِ العَجيبِ

أَلَم تَرَوا لِلعَجَبِ العَجيبِ

إِنَّ بَني قِلابَةَ القُلوبِ

إِنَّ بَني قِلابَةَ القُلوبِ

Have you not seen the astonishing wonder?

Have you not seen how strange is the wonderful

Indeed, the sons of Qilābah al-Qulūb—

For the people of Qilaba have fickle hearts

أُنوفُهُم مِالفَخرِ في أُسلوبِ

أُنوفُهُم مِالفَخرِ في أُسلوبِ

وَشَعَرُ الأَستاهِ بِالجَبوبِ

وَشَعَرُ الأَستاهِ بِالجَبوبِ

Their noses are held high with pride,

Their noses in pride of manner and style

And the hair of their buttocks lies on the earth.

And the hair of the youngster with perfume smeared

يا رَخَماً قاظَ عَلى يَنخوبِ

يا رَخَماً قاظَ عَلى يَنخوبِ

يُعجِلُ كَفَّ الخارِئِ المُطيبِ

يُعجِلُ كَفَّ الخارِئِ المُطيبِ

O vultures that summered on Yankhūb,

Oh, the coarse fellow vigilant for the hunt

Hurrying the hand of the defecator wiping himself clean!

Who with hand makes haste the perfumed to seize

أَهلُ النُهى وَالحَسَبِ الحَسيبِ

أَهلُ النُهى وَالحَسَبِ الحَسيبِ

وَالخَمرِ وَالتِرياقِ وَالزَبيبِ

وَالخَمرِ وَالتِرياقِ وَالزَبيبِ

People of reason and distinguished ancestral honor,

The people of virtue, dignity and poise

And of wine, theriac, and raisins.

Of wine, and syrup and raisins to appease