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She warned me, "Beware of the people, their chests

وقالت حذار القوم إن صدورهم

1. She warned me, "Beware of the people, their chests
Are filled with hatred for you, overflowing."

١. وَقالَت حِذارِ القَومَ إِنَّ صُدورَهُم
وَعَينَي أَبي حِقداً عَلَيكَ تَفورُ

2. I said to her, "The young gazelle can be caught off guard
And the sheep hunted by the ungrateful dog."

٢. فَقُلتُ لَها قَد يُؤخَذُ الظَبيُّ غِرَّةً
وَتَصطادُ شاةُ الكَلبِ وَهُوَ عَقورُ

3. When I die, O my people, do not bury me,
For I hate having close neighbors in graves.

٣. إِذا مُتُّ يا قَومي فَلا تَدفِنونَّني
فَأَ بغَضُ جيرانٍ إِلَيَّ قُبورُ

4. Rather, O my sons, leave wretched me
To foxes in their dens and eagles in their nests.

٤. وَلَكِن دَعوني يا بَنيَّ تَعُسُّني
ثَعالِبُ في أَوطانِها وَنُسورُ