عافَ نَعَمْ حُبّاً للا سِفْلَةٌ

عافَ نَعَمْ حُبّاً للا سِفْلَةٌ

أَطرَبَني فيهِ الذي قالا

أَطرَبَني فيهِ الذي قالا

A base fellow shunned “yes” out of love for “no.”

Love's baseness brought well-being, it charmed me,

I was delighted by the one who said of him:

That which they both said.

تَربِيَةُ الخُدَّامِ هذا بِلا

تَربِيَةُ الخُدَّامِ هذا بِلا

شَكٍّ فَما يخرُجُ عن لالا

شَكٍّ فَما يخرُجُ عن لالا

“This fellow was reared by servants, without

This is certainly the upbringing of servants,

a doubt—so he never goes beyond ‘no, no.’”

So it produces nothing but babble.