وَلي صارِمٌ فيهِ المَنايا كَوامِنٌ

وَلي صارِمٌ فيهِ المَنايا كَوامِنٌ

فَما يُنتَضى إِلّا لِسَفكِ دِماءِ

فَما يُنتَضى إِلّا لِسَفكِ دِماءِ

I have a keen-edged sword in which deaths lie hidden,

And I have a keen sword in which deaths lie hidden;

And it is drawn only to spill blood.

so it is unsheathed only to shed blood.

تَرى فَوقَ مَتنَيهِ الفِرِندَ كَأَنَّهُ

تَرى فَوقَ مَتنَيهِ الفِرِندَ كَأَنَّهُ

بَقِيَّةُ غَيمٍ رَقَّ دونَ سَماءِ

بَقِيَّةُ غَيمٍ رَقَّ دونَ سَماءِ

Upon its two broad faces you see the watered pattern, as though it were

You see the watered pattern on its two faces, as though it were

The remnant of a cloud grown thin beneath the sky.

a remnant of cloud grown thin beneath the sky.