أي غد مع يد دد ذي حروف

أي غد مع يد دد ذي حروف

طاوعت في الرويّ وهي عيون

طاوعت في الرويّ وهي عيون

“Which,” “tomorrow,” “with,” “hand,” “play”—these letters

What day with hand of letters quarrels and browbeats

Have yielded in rhyme, though they are middle root letters.

And pierces unruly with pen in declaim

ودواة اوالحوت والنون نونا

ودواة اوالحوت والنون نونا

ت عصتهم وأمرهم مستبين

ت عصتهم وأمرهم مستبين

And the nūns of an inkwell, or the whale, and the letter nūn

The whale's inkhorn and the N of the noon

Have defied them, and their status is clear.

Disobeyed them and their affair apparent