1. The villains have grown mighty and numerous,
While the son of al-Furaieh has become the egg of the country.
١. أَمسى الخَلابيسُ قَد عُزّوا وَقَد كَثَروا
وَاِبنُ الفُرَيعَةِ أَمسى بَيضَةَ البَلَدِ
2. Muzaynah came from the depths to take me out,
Go away Muzaynah, there are chains around your necks.
٢. جاءَت مُزَينَةُ مِن عَمقٍ لِتُخرِجُني
إِخسي مُزَينَ وَفي أَعناقِكُم قَدَدي
3. They whisper words secretly with hypocrisy,
As if I am not one of anyone.
٣. يَرمونَ بِالقَولِ سِرّاً في مُهادَنَةٍ
يُهدى إِلَيَّ كَأَنّي لَستُ مِن أَحَدِ
4. May his mother be bereaved, he who was my friend,
Or frequented the lairs of lions.
٤. قَد ثَكِلَت أُمُّهُ مَن كُنتُ صاحِبَهُ
أَو كانَ مُنتَشِباً في بُرثُنِ الأَسَدِ
5. The sea is not, when the north wind blows,
To surge and cast foam and spume.
٥. ما البَحرُ حينَ تَهُبُّ الريحُ شامِيةً
فَيَغطَئِلُّ وَيَرمي العِبرَ بِالزَبَدِ
6. One day you will see me overcome with wrath,
Fleeing from anger like the fleeing cold shower.
٦. يَوماً بِأَغلَبَ مِنّي حينَ تُبصِرُني
أَفرى مِنَ الغَيظِ فَريَ العارِضِ البَرِدِ
7. Of no use is vengeance for one slain,
Whom I waylay and there is no blood-money or retaliation for him.
٧. ما لِلقَتيلِ الَّذي أَغدو فَآخُذُهُ
مِن دِيَةٍ فيهِ يُعطاها وَلا قَوَدِ
8. Tell Obaid that I have left for him
The best that fathers leave for a son -
٨. بَلِّغ عُبَيداً بِأَنّي قَد تَرَكتُ لَهُ
مِن خَيرِ ما يَترُكُ الآباءُ لِلوَلَدِ
9. The house is central, the palms line the street,
And the eggs are covered in the fine soft sand.
٩. الدارُ واسِطَةٌ وَالنَخلُ شارِعَةٌ
وَالبيضُ يَرفُلنَ في القَسِّيِّ كَالبَرَدِ
10. As for Quraish, I will not leave them
Until they come to the rightly guided one pleading.
١٠. أَمّا قُرَيشٌ فَإِنّي غَيرُ تارِكِهِم
حَتّى يُنيبوا مِنَ الغِيّاثِ لِلرَشَدِ
11. They will abandon al-Lat and al-Uzza,
And all bow down in prostration to the Eternal Refuge.
١١. وَيَترُكوا اللاتَ وَالعِزّى بِمَعزِلَةٍ
وَيَسجُدوا كُلُّهُم لِلخالِقِ الصَمَدِ
12. They will testify that what the Messenger told them
Is true, and fulfill the covenant of the One God.
١٢. وَيَشهَدوا أَنَّ ما قالَ الرَسولُ لَهُم
حَقٌّ وَيوفوا بِعَهدِ الواحِدِ الأَحَدِ