وأَنا امرؤٌ إِن يَأخُذوني عنوةً

وأَنا امرؤٌ إِن يَأخُذوني عنوةً

أقرَن إِلى سَنَنِ الرِّكابِ وأُجنَبِ

أقرَن إِلى سَنَنِ الرِّكابِ وأُجنَبِ

And I am a man who, if they seize me by force,

And I am a man, if they take me by force

will be bound to the line of riding camels and led alongside them.

I will yield to the ways of the riders and refrain

ويكونُ مركبُكِ القَعودَ وحدجَهُ

ويكونُ مركبُكِ القَعودَ وحدجَهُ

وابنُ النعامةِ يومَ ذلكَ مَركَبي

وابنُ النعامةِ يومَ ذلكَ مَركَبي

And your mount will be the young male camel and its saddle,

And your ship will be sitting still and anchored

and the ostrich’s son—my own feet—will be my mount that day.

And the ostrich's chick will be my mount that day