بِقَدِّكُما إِن شِئتُما فَتَطاعَنا

بِقَدِّكُما إِن شِئتُما فَتَطاعَنا

بِكُلِّ رُدَينِيِّ القَوامِ مُثَقَّفِ

بِكُلِّ رُدَينِيِّ القَوامِ مُثَقَّفِ

With your statures, if you both wish, joust

With your statures, if you wish, we would obey

against every Rudayni spear with a well-straightened shaft.

With every supple spear, made elegant,

وَإِن شِئتُما بِالنُبلِ أَن تَتَناضَلا

وَإِن شِئتُما بِالنُبلِ أَن تَتَناضَلا

فَدونَكُما بِالرشقِ مِن كُلِّ أَوطَفِ

فَدونَكُما بِالرشقِ مِن كُلِّ أَوطَفِ

And if you both wish to vie in shooting arrows,

And if you wish with nobility to vie

then let fly a volley from each long-lashed eye.

Before you in the east, all are lesser kin

وَلا تُثقِلا خَصرَيكُما بِمُهَنَّدٍ

وَلا تُثقِلا خَصرَيكُما بِمُهَنَّدٍ

فَفي كُلِّ جَفنٍ مِنكُما حَدُّ مُرهَفِ

فَفي كُلِّ جَفنٍ مِنكُما حَدُّ مُرهَفِ

And do not burden your two waists with an Indian sword,

Do not weigh down your loins with sharpened swords

for each of your eyelids holds the edge of a finely honed blade.

For in each eyelid of yours, a sharpened edge exists