كأنَّ الزمان فسا على الأحرار

كأنَّ الزمان فسا على الأحرار

فالآن لطَّخَهم بِسَلح جارِ

فالآن لطَّخَهم بِسَلح جارِ

It is as though Time has farted on the freeborn;

As if time had wronged the free

so now it has smeared them with flowing excrement.

Now it has stained them with a tyrant's weapon

فكأن قُولَنجَ النَّذالةِ مَسَّه

فكأن قُولَنجَ النَّذالةِ مَسَّه

فاستَفَّ من إهليلَجِ الأدبارِ

فاستَفَّ من إهليلَجِ الأدبارِ

So it is as though the colic of baseness had seized it,

As if the vile's daggers had touched them

and it swallowed some myrobalan of backsides.

So the nobles turned their backs and fled