لَعَمري لَقَد أَجرى ابنُ حَزمِ بنِ فَرتَنى

لَعَمري لَقَد أَجرى ابنُ حَزمِ بنِ فَرتَنى

إِلى غايَةٍ فيها السِمامُ المُثَمَّلُ

إِلى غايَةٍ فيها السِمامُ المُثَمَّلُ

By my life, Ibn Ḥazm ibn Fartanā has set his course racing

By my life, the son of Hazm son of Fartana has indeed raced

toward a goal where stupefying poison lies.

toward an end where potent poison lies.

وَقَد قُلتُ مَهلاً آلَ حَزمِ بنِ فَرتَنى

وَقَد قُلتُ مَهلاً آلَ حَزمِ بنِ فَرتَنى

فَفي ظُلمِنا صابٌ مُمِرٌّ وَحَنظَلُ

فَفي ظُلمِنا صابٌ مُمِرٌّ وَحَنظَلُ

And I said, “Gently, house of Ḥazm ibn Fartanā—

And I have said, 'Hold back, family of Hazm son of Fartana:

for wronging us holds bitter ṣāb, made bitterer still, and colocynth.”

for in wronging us lie intensely bitter sap and colocynth.'