إِمّا دَخَلتُ الدارَ داراً بِإِذنِها

إِمّا دَخَلتُ الدارَ داراً بِإِذنِها

فَدارُ أَبي ثَورٍ عَلَيَّ حَرامُ

فَدارُ أَبي ثَورٍ عَلَيَّ حَرامُ

If ever I enter a house—any house—with its permission,

Either I entered the house with her consent,

Then Abū Thawr’s house is forbidden to me.

So my father's house is forbidden to me,

إِذا ما أَتاهُ الزَورُ يَوماً سَقاهُمُ

إِذا ما أَتاهُ الزَورُ يَوماً سَقاهُمُ

نَبيذاً جِبالِيّاً وَلَيسَ طَعامُ

نَبيذاً جِبالِيّاً وَلَيسَ طَعامُ

When visitors come to him one day, he gives them

Or if the guests came to him one day, he gives them

Wine from the mountains, but there is no food.

Mountain wine but no food