قلت وقد جاء حر شاذا

قلت وقد جاء حر شاذا

لأي معنى قد جاء هذا

لأي معنى قد جاء هذا

I said, when a freakish heat had come:

I said, when Ḥur Shādhā arrived,

“For what purpose has this come?”

"For what purpose has this fellow come?"

قالوا لصفع العباد حتى

قالوا لصفع العباد حتى

يجعل أقفاءهم جذاذاً

يجعل أقفاءهم جذاذاً

They said, “To slap humankind until

They said, "To slap people until

it turns their napes to fragments.”

he smashes the backs of their necks to pieces."

فقمت وابناي يتبعاني

فقمت وابناي يتبعاني

ننسل من بينهم لواذا

ننسل من بينهم لواذا

So I rose, my two sons following me,

So I rose, my two sons following me,

and we slipped away from among them, stealthily.

We slipped away from among them, keeping out of sight.