ما زِلتُ أَرمي الكَلبَ حَتّى تَرَكتُهُ

ما زِلتُ أَرمي الكَلبَ حَتّى تَرَكتُهُ

كَسيرَ جَناحٍ ما تَقومُ جَبايِرُه

كَسيرَ جَناحٍ ما تَقومُ جَبايِرُه

I kept pelting the dog until I left him

I kept pelting the dog until I made him

Broken-winged, his splints unable to hold firm.

Like a broken-winged bird, with no power in its wings.

فَأَقعى عَلى أَذنابِ أَلأَمِ مَعشَرٍ

فَأَقعى عَلى أَذنابِ أَلأَمِ مَعشَرٍ

عَلى مَضَضٍ مِنّي وَذَلَّت عَشائِرُه

عَلى مَضَضٍ مِنّي وَذَلَّت عَشائِرُه

So he squatted on the tails of the basest folk,

So I crouched over the tails of humiliated kinsfolk

In pain because of me, and his clans were humbled.

Suffering from my bile, their clans humbled.

أَخو الحَربِ إِن عَضَّت بِهِ فَلَّ نابُها

أَخو الحَربِ إِن عَضَّت بِهِ فَلَّ نابُها

وَسَبّاقُ غاياتٍ وَمَجدٍ يُساوِرُه

وَسَبّاقُ غاياتٍ وَمَجدٍ يُساوِرُه

A brother to war: if it bites him, its fang grows blunt,

War's brother, if it bites him its fang falls out.

And foremost in the race for goals and the glory he strives to seize.

He races to the peaks of glory, keeping pace with it.