Feedback

The wrongdoers deter people from me as if

يصد غواة الناس عني كأنما

1. The wrongdoers deter people from me as if
They deter a lion with scared bleating sheep.

١. يَصُدُّ غُواةُ الناسِ عَنّي كَأَنَّما
يَصُدّونَ عَن لَيثٍ بِخَفّانَ خادِرِ

2. Bearing spite against me that I let pass,
He tries to vent his anger through his throat.

٢. وَمُحَتمِلٍ ضِغناً عَلَيَّ تَرَكتُهُ
يُعالِجُ مِنّي غُصَّةً بِالحَناجِرِ

3. He died but the anger in his chest remained;
His condition is known to the gravediggers.

٣. فَماتَ فَلَم تَذهَب حَسيفَةُ صَدرِهِ
يُخَبِّرُ عَنهُ ذاكَ أَهلُ المَقابِرِ

4. The antidote cannot cure my bite, or spells,
Nor the day I meet my victims for revenge.

٤. وَلا يُبرِئُ الدِرياقُ لَدغي وَلا الرُقى
وَلا موعِدي عِندَ اللِقاءِ بِضائِري

5. I do not care for my paid assassin;
I leave him complaining of saddle sores.

٥. وَإِنّي لَمِزجاءٌ لِمُهري عَلى الوَجي
وَتارِكُهُ يَشكو بُطونَ الدَوابِرِ

6. If called on the day of panic I will answer;
Men of repute, at the peak of glory proud.

٦. فَإِن أُدعَ يَومَ الرَوعِ حَسبي أَجابَني
ذَوُو حَسَبٍ في ذِروَةِ المَجدِ فاخِرِ