هذا غلامي أحمق

هذا غلامي أحمق

يغتاظ إن حاولت برأه

يغتاظ إن حاولت برأه

This servant of mine is a fool.

This is my foolish boy

He grows angry if I try to cure him.

Who gets angry if I try to guide him

وله على جرايةٌ

وله على جرايةٌ

مع ذا وكدت أقول جرأة

مع ذا وكدت أقول جرأة

And he has a stipend due from me,

And he is stubbornly set in his ways

Despite this—and I nearly said ‘audacity’.

Though I was about to say he is bold