حَدَّثونا عَن بِدعَةٍ فَأَبَينا

حَدَّثونا عَن بِدعَةٍ فَأَبَينا

فَتَغَنَّت فَظُنَّ في البَيتِ بوقُ

فَتَغَنَّت فَظُنَّ في البَيتِ بوقُ

They told us of Bidʿa, but we would not accept it.

They spoke to us of heresy, but we refused

Then she sang, and it seemed a trumpet was in the house.

So the nightingale sang, and they thought it was an owl hooting in the house

وَإِذا شَوكَةٍ تَقَصَّفُ يُبساً

وَإِذا شَوكَةٍ تَقَصَّفُ يُبساً

فَوقَها رَأسُ فارَةٍ مَحلوقُ

فَوقَها رَأسُ فارَةٍ مَحلوقُ

And behold, a thorn snapping from dryness,

And there was a thorn bush, shedding dry leaves

Above it, the shaven head of a mouse.

Above it, the shorn head of a weasel