مَجانيقُ شُؤمِكَ مَنصوبَةٌ

مَجانيقُ شُؤمِكَ مَنصوبَةٌ

عَلى آلِ وَهبٍ تُثيرُ الغُبارا

عَلى آلِ وَهبٍ تُثيرُ الغُبارا

The catapults of your ill omen are set up

Your ill-omened catapults are set up

against the house of Wahb, stirring up dust.

Against the family of Wahb, stirring up dust

صَحِبتَهُمُ حينَ نالوا الغِنى

صَحِبتَهُمُ حينَ نالوا الغِنى

فَكُنتُ الهَلاكَ وَكُنتَ الدَمارا

فَكُنتُ الهَلاكَ وَكُنتَ الدَمارا

You kept them company when they attained wealth,

You were their companion when they attained wealth

so I was destruction, and you were devastation.

So you were their doom and their destruction

إِذا ما دَلَفتَ إِلى نِعمَةٍ

إِذا ما دَلَفتَ إِلى نِعمَةٍ

عَصَفَت بِرَونَقِها فَاِستَطارا

عَصَفَت بِرَونَقِها فَاِستَطارا

Whenever you draw near to a blessing,

Whenever you come upon a blessing

you ravage its splendor, and it flies away.

It withers, its beauty destroyed

يَبيتُ عَدُوُّكَ مُستَأنِساً

يَبيتُ عَدُوُّكَ مُستَأنِساً

وَيَأبى صَديقُكَ إِلّا عِثارا

وَيَأبى صَديقُكَ إِلّا عِثارا

Your enemy spends the night at ease,

Your enemy sleeps reassured

and your friend will accept nothing but a fall.

While your friend refuses all but misfortune

نَثَرتَ الأَخِلّاءَ نَثرَ الجُما

نَثَرتَ الأَخِلّاءَ نَثرَ الجُما

نِ وَأَنفَقتَهُم حينَ تَمّوا بِدارا

نِ وَأَنفَقتَهُم حينَ تَمّوا بِدارا

You scattered your friends as pearls are scattered,

You scattered sincere friends like stray camels

and spent them in haste once their number was complete.

And finished them off when they owned a house

بَلَغتَ بِأَحمَدَ أَقصى الدُجَي

بَلَغتَ بِأَحمَدَ أَقصى الدُجَي

لِ فَأَمسَت مَغانيهِ مِنهُ قِفارا

لِ فَأَمسَت مَغانيهِ مِنهُ قِفارا

You took Ahmad to the farthest reaches of Dujayl,

You took Ahmad to the depths of misery

so his dwellings became wastelands, bereft of him.

So that his places of joy are now empty

وَهَرثَمَةٌ ماتَ لَمّا رَآكَ

وَهَرثَمَةٌ ماتَ لَمّا رَآكَ

مِنَ الخَوفِ تَبني عَلَيهِ المَنارا

مِنَ الخَوفِ تَبني عَلَيهِ المَنارا

And Harthama died when he saw you,

Harthama died when he saw you

from fear, as you built a monument over him.

From fear, as the minaret was built over him

كَفَيتَ الهِلالِيَّ حَربَ العِبا

كَفَيتَ الهِلالِيَّ حَربَ العِبا

دِ فَقَرَّ وَما كانَ يَرجو قَرارا

دِ فَقَرَّ وَما كانَ يَرجو قَرارا

You spared al-Hilali warfare against mankind,

You were enough of a war for the Hilalis

so he rested, though he had not hoped for rest.

So he became poor and hoped for no peace

وَجَدناكَ أَنبَلَ مِنهُ صَريعاً

وَجَدناكَ أَنبَلَ مِنهُ صَريعاً

لَدَينا وَأَبعَدَ مِنهُ مُغارا

لَدَينا وَأَبعَدَ مِنهُ مُغارا

We found your slain victims nobler than his

We found you nobler than him as a corpse

among us, and your raids farther-ranging than his.

Farther from us than him in a cave

أَخي مِن بَني قَطَنٍ لا يَزا

أَخي مِن بَني قَطَنٍ لا يَزا

لُ يَميرُ القُبورَ وَيُخلي الدِيارا

لُ يَميرُ القُبورَ وَيُخلي الدِيارا

My brother from Banu Qatan never ceases

My brother of the Bani Katan, he still roams

to provision the graves and empty the homes.

The graves and abandons the houses

إِذا نِعَمُ القَومِ عايَنَّهُ

إِذا نِعَمُ القَومِ عايَنَّهُ

تَوَلَّينَ يَهرُبنَ مِنهُ فِرارا

تَوَلَّينَ يَهرُبنَ مِنهُ فِرارا

Whenever the people's blessings behold him,

When the people attained blessings

they turn away, fleeing headlong from him.

They avoided it, fleeing from it in haste