تبسمت والخيل العتاق عوابس

تبسمت والخيل العتاق عوابس

واقدمتها والحرب لم تتأجج

واقدمتها والحرب لم تتأجج

You smiled while the thoroughbred steeds scowled,

She smiled, and the horses were sullen,

And drove them forward while war had not yet flared.

I presented them, though battle had not sparked,

فما وطئت إلا على خد سيد

فما وطئت إلا على خد سيد

ولا عثرت الا براس متوج

ولا عثرت الا براس متوج

So they trod only upon a lord’s cheek,

So they trod only on the cheek of the master,

And stumbled only over a crowned head.

And stumbled only on the crowned head.