أنا رأيت يوم في الروضة

أنا رأيت يوم في الروضة

صغير معه

صغير معه

One day in al-Rawda, I saw

One day in the garden

A little fellow with

I saw a little boy

كبيرة تترجرج من فضة

كبيرة تترجرج من فضة

بقيت أتبعه

بقيت أتبعه

A large, quivering thing of silver.

With a big silver rattle

I kept following him.

I kept following him

فقالي لي نصيف من فضة

فقالي لي نصيف من فضة

وما أقشعه

وما أقشعه

Then he told me, 'I have half a silver coin.'

He told me, my silver friend

But I could not see it.

Don't make it clatter

رحت به زقاق

رحت به زقاق

ايش ذا الاتفاق

ايش ذا الاتفاق

I went with him into an alley.

I took him down the alley

What a chance encounter!

What is this coincidence?

باللَه يا رفاق

باللَه يا رفاق

تعالوا اسمعوا

تعالوا اسمعوا

By God, O friends,

For God's sake, my friends

Come and listen.

Come listen

نعمت للتلاقي

نعمت للتلاقي

قمت للعناق

قمت للعناق

I delighted in the meeting.

I agreed to meet

I rose for an embrace.

I got up to hug

خذيت للبزاق

خذيت للبزاق

حتى شيّعه

حتى شيّعه

I took to spitting,

I took it to lick

Until he sent it off

Until I said goodbye

بالتام للحزق

بالتام للحزق

يا تعاسه ضربته معه

يا تعاسه ضربته معه

With a full-blown fart.

With a complete scream

Oh, misery! I let one off with him.

Oh what misfortune, I hit him with it