دَجاجُ أَبي عُثمانَ أَبعَدُ مَنظَراً

دَجاجُ أَبي عُثمانَ أَبعَدُ مَنظَراً

وَأَطوَلُ أَعماراً مِنَ الشَمسِ وَالقَمَر

وَأَطوَلُ أَعماراً مِنَ الشَمسِ وَالقَمَر

Abu Uthman’s chickens are a more distant prospect,

Abu Uthman's chickens are farther from view,

And longer-lived than the sun and moon.

And longer-lived than the sun and moon.

فَإِن لَم نَمُت حَتّى نَفوزَ بِأَكلِها

فَإِن لَم نَمُت حَتّى نَفوزَ بِأَكلِها

حييتُ بِإِذنِ اللَهِ ما أَورَقَ الشَجَر

حييتُ بِإِذنِ اللَهِ ما أَورَقَ الشَجَر

If we do not die before we have the good fortune to eat them,

So if we do not die until we get to eat them,

I shall live, by God’s leave, as long as trees put forth leaves.

I shall live, by God's leave, as long as trees put forth leaves.