ماليwhy is it that I رَأَيتُكَI see you لَستَyou are not تُثمِرُbear fruit طَيِّباًgood
مالي رَأَيتُكَ لَستَ تُثمِرُ طَيِّباً
عَذباًsweet وَأَصلُكَand your root هاشِمِيُّHashimite المَغرِسِthe place of planting
عَذباً وَأَصلُكَ هاشِمِيُّ المَغرِسِ
Why do I see you bearing no fruit that is good
And sweet, though your roots are of Hashimite stock?
حَتّىso much so that كَأَنَّكَas though you were نِقمَةٌa curse فيwithin نِعمَةٍa blessing
حَتّى كَأَنَّكَ نِقمَةٌ في نِعمَةٍ
أَوor غُصنُa branch شَوكٍthorns فيin حَديقَةِa garden نَرجِسِnarcissus
أَو غُصنُ شَوكٍ في حَديقَةِ نَرجِسِ
So much so that you seem a curse within a blessing,
Or a thorny branch in a garden of narcissus.