سكتُّ فَغَرَّ أعْدَائي السُّكوتُ

سكتُّ فَغَرَّ أعْدَائي السُّكوتُ

وَظنُّوني لأَهلي قَدْ نسِيتُ

وَظنُّوني لأَهلي قَدْ نسِيتُ

I kept silent, and my silence deceived my enemies.

I was silent, so my enemies rejoiced

And they thought I had forgotten my kin.

And thought I had forgotten my family

وكيفَ أنامُ عنْ ساداتِ قومٍ

وكيفَ أنامُ عنْ ساداتِ قومٍ

أنا في فَضْلِ نِعْمتِهمْ رُبيت

أنا في فَضْلِ نِعْمتِهمْ رُبيت

And how could I sleep heedless of the chiefs of a people,

How can I sleep when it comes to the chiefs of my people

when I was raised in their abundant bounty?

I was raised in the grace of their favors

وإنْ دارْتْ بِهِمْ خَيْلُ الأَعادي

وإنْ دارْتْ بِهِمْ خَيْلُ الأَعادي

ونَادوني أجَبْتُ متى دُعِيتُ

ونَادوني أجَبْتُ متى دُعِيتُ

And if the enemies' cavalry encircles them,

And if the horses of enemies revolved around them

and they call me, I answer whenever I am summoned,

I responded whenever I was called

بسيفٍ حدهُ يزجي المنايا

بسيفٍ حدهُ يزجي المنايا

وَرُمحٍ صَدْرُهُ الحَتْفُ المُميتُ

وَرُمحٍ صَدْرُهُ الحَتْفُ المُميتُ

with a sword whose edge drives death onward,

With a sword whose edge pours calamities

and a spear whose point is death-dealing doom.

And a spear whose chest is deadly fate

خلقتُ من الحديدِ أشدَّ قلباً

خلقتُ من الحديدِ أشدَّ قلباً

وقد بليَ الحديدُ ومابليتُ

وقد بليَ الحديدُ ومابليتُ

I was created with a heart harder than iron;

I was created with an iron heart, harder

and iron has worn out, yet I have not.

And iron decays while I have not decayed

وفي الحَرْبِ العَوانِ وُلِدْتُ طِفْلا

وفي الحَرْبِ العَوانِ وُلِدْتُ طِفْلا

ومِنْ لبَنِ المَعامِعِ قَدْ سُقِيتُ

ومِنْ لبَنِ المَعامِعِ قَدْ سُقِيتُ

And I was born a child amid oft-renewed war,

And in war I was born a child

and was suckled on the milk of battle's tumult.

And was given to drink the milk of ambitions

وَإني قَدْ شَربْتُ دَمَ الأَعادي

وَإني قَدْ شَربْتُ دَمَ الأَعادي

بأقحافِ الرُّؤوس وَما رَويتُ

بأقحافِ الرُّؤوس وَما رَويتُ

And indeed I have drunk the enemies' blood,

Indeed I have drunk the blood of enemies

from skull-cups, yet my thirst was not quenched.

With the skulls, and I am not satiated

فما للرمحِ في جسمي نصيبٌ

فما للرمحِ في جسمي نصيبٌ

ولا للسيفِ في أعضاي َقوتُ

ولا للسيفِ في أعضاي َقوتُ

So the spear has no share in my body,

So the spear has no share in my body

nor does the sword find food in my limbs.

Nor does the sword have strength in my limbs

ولي بيتٌ علا فلكَ الثريَّا

ولي بيتٌ علا فلكَ الثريَّا

تَخِرُّ لِعُظْمِ هَيْبَتِهِ البُيوتُ

تَخِرُّ لِعُظْمِ هَيْبَتِهِ البُيوتُ

And mine is a house that towers above the sphere of the Pleiades;

And I have a house higher than the stars of Thuraya

before its mighty majesty, the houses fall prostrate.

Before the greatness of its prestige, houses tremble