حلقوا رَأسَه لِيَكسوه قُبحاً

حلقوا رَأسَه لِيَكسوه قُبحاً

خيفةً مِنهُمُ عَلَيهِ وَشُحَّا

خيفةً مِنهُمُ عَلَيهِ وَشُحَّا

They shaved his head to clothe him in ugliness,

They shaved his head to adorn him with ugliness

out of their fear for him and jealous possessiveness.

Out of fear of him, and with miserliness

كانَ قَبل الحلاق لَيلاً وَصُبحاً

كانَ قَبل الحلاق لَيلاً وَصُبحاً

فَمَحوا لَيلَه وَأَبقوه صُبحا

فَمَحوا لَيلَه وَأَبقوه صُبحا

Before the shaving, he was night and dawn;

Before shaving he was night and dawn

so they erased his night and left him as dawn.

So they erased his night and left him dawn