إِنّي عَداني أَن أَزورَكِ مُحكَمٌ

إِنّي عَداني أَن أَزورَكِ مُحكَمٌ

مَتّى ما أُحَرِّك فيهِ ساقيَ يَصخَبِ

مَتّى ما أُحَرِّك فيهِ ساقيَ يَصخَبِ

Indeed, a firmly wrought fetter has kept me from visiting you;

I am forbidden to visit you whenever

Indeed, a firm restraint has barred me from visiting you; whenever I move my leg within it, it clamors.

whenever I move my leg within it, it clangs.

I move my legs in it, they rattle

Of iron, and compacted with mortar and stone, possessing battlements, watchtower upon watchtower.

حَديدٌ وَمَرصوصٌ بِشَيدٍ وَجَندَلٍ

حَديدٌ وَمَرصوصٌ بِشَيدٍ وَجَندَلٍ

لَهُ شُرُفاتٌ مَرقَبٌ فَوقَ مَرقَبِ

لَهُ شُرُفاتٌ مَرقَبٌ فَوقَ مَرقَبِ

Iron, and a prison firmly built with lime mortar and stone;

Iron and braced with poles and chains

Its guards speak to me while I am between a ring—biting when it grips—and a plated shackle.

it has battlements, lookout above lookout.

It has battlements watched over battlements

يُخَبِّرُني تُرَّاعُهُ بَينَ حَلقَةٍ

يُخَبِّرُني تُرَّاعُهُ بَينَ حَلقَةٍ

أَزومٍ إِذا عَضَّت وَكَبلٍ مُضَبَّبِ

أَزومٍ إِذا عَضَّت وَكَبلٍ مُضَبَّبِ

Its gatekeepers inform me, between a ring

Its clanking informs me between a ring

that grips hard when it bites, and an iron-banded fetter.

I am bound if it bites and a shackled rope