1. I will overcome, and the sky and He who built it
An intruding tomcat and He who created him
١. سأَغلُبُ والسماءِ وَمَن بَناها
قطاة مُزاحمٍ وَمَن انتحاها
2. An intruding tomcat and my father Al-Muthanna
On a stiff bracelet that adorned it
٢. قطاة مزاحمٍ وأبي المثنّى
على خَرزِيَّةٍ صَلِبٍ شواها
3. It fell like a murky droplet
Before the rumbling and grunting that dismissed it
٣. غَدَت كالقَطرَةِ السَفواءِ تَهوى
أَمامَ مجَلجِلٍ زَجِلٍ نَفاها
4. I recoiled like an ostrich, not caring
Whether it died or something else killed it
٤. تَكَفَّأُ كَالجمانَةِ لا تُبالي
أَبالمَوماةِ أَضحَت أَم سواها
5. The old woman sprouted from it, so she frowned
And it withered for the picker
٥. نَبَت مِنها العَجيزَةُ فاحزأَلَّت
وَنَبَّسَ للتَفَتُّلِ مِنكَباها
6. As if her ankles were arrowheads
The Sustainer clothed her from His clothes
٦. كأنَّ كعوبَها أَطرافُ نَبلٍ
كساها الرازقيَّةَ من كساها