تَعَرَّضَ لي عَمرٌو وَعَمروٌ لي خِزايَةٌ

تَعَرَّضَ لي عَمرٌو وَعَمروٌ لي خِزايَةٌ

تَعَرُّضَ ضَبعِ القَفرِ لِلأَسَدِ الوَردِ

تَعَرُّضَ ضَبعِ القَفرِ لِلأَسَدِ الوَردِ

Amr confronted me—and Amr is a disgrace to me—

Amr has antagonized me, and to Amr I'm an easy prey

as the desert hyena confronts the tawny lion.

Like a desert hare exposing itself to a furious lion

وَما هُوَ لي نِدٌّ فَأَشتِمَ عِرضَهُ

وَما هُوَ لي نِدٌّ فَأَشتِمَ عِرضَهُ

وَلا هُوَ لي عَبدٌ فَأَبطِشَ بِالعَبدِ

وَلا هُوَ لي عَبدٌ فَأَبطِشَ بِالعَبدِ

And he is no equal of mine, that I should revile his honor;

He's no equal of mine that I should abuse his honor

nor is he a slave of mine, that I should strike at the slave.

Nor is he my slave that I should tyrannize the slave