مَاكِدْتَ تَكحُلُ أَرقداً

مَاكِدْتَ تَكحُلُ أَرقداً

خُبْثاً لِتحرِمَهُ الوَسَنْ

خُبْثاً لِتحرِمَهُ الوَسَنْ

You scarcely applied kohl to a deep sleeper,

You did not use kohl to sleep

out of malice, to deprive him of slumber—

Mischievously, so it would be forbidden to sleep

إلا الغَسِيلَ على الغَسِيلِ

إلا الغَسِيلَ على الغَسِيلِ

كَذا علي مَرِّ الزَّمَنْ

كَذا علي مَرِّ الزَّمَنْ

nothing but washing upon washing,

Except for washing after washing

thus, through the passage of time,

Through the course of time

حتِّى تَقولَ لكَ اللآمةُ

حتِّى تَقولَ لكَ اللآمةُ

مَا خَرَجْتَ عَنِ اللَّبَنْ

مَا خَرَجْتَ عَنِ اللَّبَنْ

until the reproachers say to you:

Until blame would say to you

“You have not moved beyond milk.”

You did not come out of infancy