أمَسُّوا يَمُرُّ الذِّكرُ منكَ بمَجلسٍ

أمَسُّوا يَمُرُّ الذِّكرُ منكَ بمَجلسٍ

كَجِيفَةٍٍ نَتنٍ بالرَّوائِح تَقتُلُ

كَجِيفَةٍٍ نَتنٍ بالرَّوائِح تَقتُلُ

Amassou, mention of you passes through a gathering

Yesterday they came and memories of you passed like

like a putrid carcass that kills with its odors.

A rotten corpse with odors that could kill

أمسُّو وقد أُخبِرتُ أنكَ عادِلٌ

أمسُّو وقد أُخبِرتُ أنكَ عادِلٌ

نعم عن طريقِ الرُّشدِ والخَيرِ تَعدِلُ

نعم عن طريقِ الرُّشدِ والخَيرِ تَعدِلُ

Amassou, I have indeed been told that you are just;

Yesterday they said you were just and fair

yes—you turn away from the path of right guidance and goodness.

Yes, on the path of righteousness and good you tread

أمَسُّو عقوقُ الوالدينِ كَبيرةٌ

أمَسُّو عقوقُ الوالدينِ كَبيرةٌ

وعنه أمامَ لا بُدَّ تُسأَلُ

وعنه أمامَ لا بُدَّ تُسأَلُ

Amassou, disobedience to one's parents is a grave sin;

Yesterday, to disobey one's parents is a grave sin

and about it, in time to come, you will surely be questioned.

Of which you will surely be questioned in the end

وما ذنبُ أمٍّ قد تركتَ بُرورَها

وما ذنبُ أمٍّ قد تركتَ بُرورَها

أتَترُكها لَهفى ولِلجارِ تَأكُلُ

أتَترُكها لَهفى ولِلجارِ تَأكُلُ

And what wrong has a mother done, that you have forsaken kindness toward her?

What fault has a mother whose kindness you abandoned

Do you leave her grief-stricken while you eat at the neighbor's?

Leaving her longing as you feast with neighbors instead?

لقد شهِدَ الجيرانُ فيكَ بِضَربِها

لقد شهِدَ الجيرانُ فيكَ بِضَربِها

وهذا أبوكَ في الشَّهادَةِ أوَّلُ

وهذا أبوكَ في الشَّهادَةِ أوَّلُ

The neighbors have indeed testified that you beat her,

The neighbors witnessed as you struck and beat her

and here is your father, first to bear witness.

And your father leads them all as witness to this deed

أتُنكِرُه إِذ أنَّ طَرفَهُ سالِمٌ

أتُنكِرُه إِذ أنَّ طَرفَهُ سالِمٌ

وطرفُكَ من فرطِ التَّلفَّتِ أحوَلُ

وطرفُكَ من فرطِ التَّلفَّتِ أحوَلُ

Do you deny him because his eye is sound,

Will you deny when his eyes see truly

while yours is cross-eyed from looking around too much?

While yours are twisted from excessive drink and greed?

وما ذنبُ أشياخٍ جلستَ أمامهم

وما ذنبُ أشياخٍ جلستَ أمامهم

تَسُبُّهمُ سَبًّا وباللَّعنِ تُكمِلُ

تَسُبُّهمُ سَبًّا وباللَّعنِ تُكمِلُ

And what wrong have the elders done, before whom you sat,

What fault have elders before whom you sat

reviling them roundly and finishing with curses?

Insulting them, cursing their names with relish?