فَلَمّا حَمَلتُ الدينَ فيها وَاِصبَحَت

فَلَمّا حَمَلتُ الدينَ فيها وَاِصبَحَت

حِيالاً مُسِنّاتِ الهَوى كِدت أَندَم

حِيالاً مُسِنّاتِ الهَوى كِدت أَندَم

So when I took on debt for them, and they became

When I carried my religion in it and it became

barren, grown old in longing, I nearly regretted it,

Frail with the senility of passion, I almost regretted it

عَلى حينِ ان رَأَت الرَبيع وَلم يَكُن

عَلى حينِ ان رَأَت الرَبيع وَلم يَكُن

لَها بِصَعيد مِن تِهامَةَ مقضَم

لَها بِصَعيد مِن تِهامَةَ مقضَم

just when they saw spring, and there was no

When it saw the spring and there was no

grazing ground for them on a plain of Tihamah.

Piece of ground for it in Tihama to rest on

ثَمانِيَة لِلاسلِميّ وَما دَنا

ثَمانِيَة لِلاسلِميّ وَما دَنا

لِفُحشِ وَلا تَدنو إِلى الفَحشِ أَسلَم

لِفُحشِ وَلا تَدنو إِلى الفَحشِ أَسلَم

Eight for the Aslami—and he never drew near

Eighty for the Muslim and it does not approach

to indecency, nor does Aslam draw near to indecency.

Vulgarity or come near to vulgarity, more proper