أَلا أَيُّها الغائر المستشي

أَلا أَيُّها الغائر المستشي

ط علامَ تغار إِذا لم تُغر

ط علامَ تغار إِذا لم تُغر

Listen, you jealous, enraged man:

O you who are jealous and suspicious

Why be jealous when you have been given no cause?

Why do you get upset when you are not cheated on?

فَما خير عرس إِذا خفتها

فَما خير عرس إِذا خفتها

وَما خير بيت اذا لَم يزر

وَما خير بيت اذا لَم يزر

Then what good is a wife if you fear her?

What good is a wedding if you ruin it with your fears?

And what good is a house if no one visits it?

What good is a home if you do not visit it?

تغار على الناس أَن ينظروا

تغار على الناس أَن ينظروا

وَهَل يفتن الصالحات النظر

وَهَل يفتن الصالحات النظر

You are jealous lest people look at her,

You are jealous of people looking

And does looking tempt virtuous women?

But can the virtuous be seduced by glances?

فاني سأُخلي لها بيتها

فاني سأُخلي لها بيتها

فتحفظ في نفسها او تذر

فتحفظ في نفسها او تذر

For I shall leave her house to her,

I will leave her home to her

Then she may guard her honor, or forsake it.

So she may guard herself or act freely

إِن اللَه لَم يعطه ودها

إِن اللَه لَم يعطه ودها

فَلَن يعطى الود سوط مُمر

فَلَن يعطى الود سوط مُمر

If God has not given him her love,

God did not give her to you out of love

Then no tightly twisted whip will give him love.

So love cannot be forced with a whip

يَكاد يقطع أَضلاعه

يَكاد يقطع أَضلاعه

إِذا ما رأى زائراً أَو نفر

إِذا ما رأى زائراً أَو نفر

He nearly tears his ribs apart

It nearly breaks his ribs

Whenever he sees a visitor or sets out.

When he sees a visitor or people

فمن ذا يُراعي له عرسه

فمن ذا يُراعي له عرسه

إِذا ضرّه والمطي السفر

إِذا ضرّه والمطي السفر

Who, then, will watch over his wife for him

So who will watch over his wedding

When travel wears him and the riding camels down?

When traveling hurts him and his mount?