1. My friend, ask me, energetic and eloquent,
For I'm not oblivious to what follows glory.
١. أُمَيمَ سَلِي عَني مَعَدّاً وَيَعْرُباً
فَما أَنا عَمَّا يُعْقِبُ المَجْدَ ذاهِلُ
2. Does the bold attacker cry out in the darkness
Like me, when seized by ignorant hands?
٢. هَلِ الطّارِقُ المُعْتَرُّ يَهْتِفُ في الدُّجَى
بِمثْلي إِذا اسْتَغْوَتْهُ بِيدٌ مَجاهِلُ
3. He grows intimate with me, though a stranger, as if
He were my kinsman, while my sword drips with blood.
٣. وَيَأْلَفُني وَهْوَالغَريبُ كَأَنَّهُ
نَسِيبي وَسَيْفِي مِنْ دَمِ الكُومِ نَاهِلُ
4. Because of his intimacy with me, people almost think me
Lonely, though my house welcomes guests.
٤. فَمِنْ أُنْسِهِ بي كادَ يَحْسَبُني الوَرى
قَليلَ القِرَى وَالبَيْتُ بِالضَّيْفِ آهِلُ