زعيمُ خَوَارِ الزي عجلٌ ونطقُهُ

زعيمُ خَوَارِ الزي عجلٌ ونطقُهُ

خُوارٌ فَيا تبّاً لهُ جاءَ أو ذهبْ

خُوارٌ فَيا تبّاً لهُ جاءَ أو ذهبْ

The chief of Khawār al-Zayy is a calf, and his speech

The leader of the worthless, he's a calf and his speech

is a bellow—so damn him, whether he comes or goes!

Is worthless, so doom be upon him if he came or went.

يناسبُ عجلَ السامري بزورهِ

يناسبُ عجلَ السامري بزورهِ

سوى أنّ هذا من خَرى وهوَ من ذَهَبْ

سوى أنّ هذا من خَرى وهوَ من ذَهَبْ

He resembles al-Sāmirī’s calf in his falsehood,

The Samaritan's calf suits him in its falseness,

except that this one is made of shit, while that one is made of gold.

Except this one's of dung while that one's of gold.