I would have three wives
And I would then enjoy
Their beauty thrice.
But in other respects
Oh that it could be!
I’d have lots of concerns
Oh God please help me!
Chorus:
On one hand it’s not bad
To have two-three wives,
But at the same time it’s so bad
On the other hand!
Zulfia would wash and dry
All my dirty clothes,
Guli would sew and Fatima
Would darn all my socks.
Say what you like, having three wives
Would be very sweet,
But my wives’ mothers then
There’d be also three.
Chorus
What sultans then are to do,
We have to sort it out
How many wives is it enough
Three or only one?
I would say with readiness
I can answer that:
If I were a sultan once,
I’d be a single man!
Chorus:
It’s not that bad in any case
To have no wife at all.
It is much better anyhow
And that’s what you should know.
Правда, все на мотив куплета. Мне кажется, вписать английские слова с тем же смыслом в ритм припева вообще нереально.