كلابُ المزابلِ آذينني

كلابُ المزابلِ آذينني

بأبوالهنَّ على باب داري

بأبوالهنَّ على باب داري

The dogs of the rubbish heaps have troubled me

The dogs of the garbage heap pained me

With their urine at the door of my house.

With their barking at the door of my house

وقدْ كنتُ أوجعُها بالعصا

وقدْ كنتُ أوجعُها بالعصا

ولكنْ عَوَتْ من وراءِ الجدار

ولكنْ عَوَتْ من وراءِ الجدار

And indeed, I used to hurt them with a stick,

And I would hurt them with a stick

But they howled from behind the wall.

But they would howl from behind the wall