1. يا مُهدِياً أَهدَى المُدَى

    ذُق من هَدِيَّتِكَ الرَّدَى

    O gift-giver who gave knives,

    Taste death from your own gift.

  2. واجنِ القَطِيعةَ إِنَّهَا

    ثمراتُ كُلِّ مَنِ اعتَدى

    And reap estrangement, for it is

    the fruit of all who transgress.

  3. سَدَّدتَها نَحوِي ولس

    تَ بِما أَتيتَ مُسدّدا

    You aimed them at me, yet you were not

    right in what you did.

  4. فاشرَق بِحدِّك لا فُدي

    تَ ومن يَكونُ لَكَ الفِدَى

    So choke on your blade's edge—may no one ransom

    you! And who would be your ransom?

  5. واضرِب بسَوطِك ظهرَ نَف

    سِكَ واتّخذ عِندي يَدَا

    And with your whip strike the back of your own

    self, and do me a kindness.

  6. أَنتَ الذِي لا نُوكَ إل

    لا نوكُهُ فِيمَا بَدَا

    You are the one—there is no folly

    but yours, so it appears.