أفديه أعور طرفه ال

أفديه أعور طرفه ال

باقي يقول وما تعدى

باقي يقول وما تعدى

I would ransom the one-eyed man, whose eye—the

I would ransom him, though one of his eyes is gone

remaining one—says, without exaggeration:

He says "What more remains?"

قد غار من حسني أخي

قد غار من حسني أخي

وبقيت مثل السيف فردا

وبقيت مثل السيف فردا

“My brother has grown jealous of my beauty,

My brother was jealous of my beauty

and I remained alone, like a sword.”

And I remained like a sword, alone