وفأرةٍ بيضاءَ لم تُبْتَذَلْ

وفأرةٍ بيضاءَ لم تُبْتَذَلْ

يوماً لإطعامِ السنانيرِ

يوماً لإطعامِ السنانيرِ

And a white mouse, never put to base use,

A white mouse never degraded

even once as food for cats.

To feed the cats

إِذ فارةُ المسكِ سمعنا بها

إِذ فارةُ المسكِ سمعنا بها

وهذه فأرةُ كافور

وهذه فأرةُ كافور

For we have heard of the musk pod,

When we heard of the musk mouse

and this is a mouse of camphor.

This is a camphor mouse