لَئِن ذَمَّ قَومٌ ثِقلَ أَرواحِنا الَّذي

لَئِن ذَمَّ قَومٌ ثِقلَ أَرواحِنا الَّذي

بِهِ يَومَ سبتٍ خَرَّ مِن تَحتِنا السَقفُ

بِهِ يَومَ سبتٍ خَرَّ مِن تَحتِنا السَقفُ

Even if some people condemned the heaviness of our spirits, which

If people blame the weight of our souls, which

made the roof fall from beneath us one Saturday,

On Saturday brought down the roof over us,

فَإِنّا حَمِدنا خِفَّةً في رُؤوسِنا

فَإِنّا حَمِدنا خِفَّةً في رُؤوسِنا

وَعِندَ الأَذى بِالثِقلِ قَد يُحمَدُ الخِفُّ

وَعِندَ الأَذى بِالثِقلِ قَد يُحمَدُ الخِفُّ

we indeed praised the lightness in our heads;

Then we praise the lightness in our heads,

and when heaviness causes harm, lightness may be praised.

Since with adversity, lightness may be praised over weight.

ظَللنا بِهِ نَطفو عَلى الماءِ عُوَّماً

ظَللنا بِهِ نَطفو عَلى الماءِ عُوَّماً

وَلا عَجَباً لِلقَرعِ في الماءِ أَن يَطفو

وَلا عَجَباً لِلقَرعِ في الماءِ أَن يَطفو

Thanks to it, we kept floating on the water, swimming;

With it we floated on the water like corks,

and it is no wonder that gourds should float in water.

And it's no surprise that gourds float on water.