وَقالَت حِذارِ القَومَ إِنَّ صُدورَهُم

وَقالَت حِذارِ القَومَ إِنَّ صُدورَهُم

وَعَينَي أَبي حِقداً عَلَيكَ تَفورُ

وَعَينَي أَبي حِقداً عَلَيكَ تَفورُ

And she said, “Beware the people, for their bosoms

She warned me, "Beware of the people, their chests

And my father's eyes seethe with hatred for you.”

Are filled with hatred for you, overflowing."

فَقُلتُ لَها قَد يُؤخَذُ الظَبيُّ غِرَّةً

فَقُلتُ لَها قَد يُؤخَذُ الظَبيُّ غِرَّةً

وَتَصطادُ شاةُ الكَلبِ وَهُوَ عَقورُ

وَتَصطادُ شاةُ الكَلبِ وَهُوَ عَقورُ

So I said to her, “A gazelle may be caught unawares,

I said to her, "The young gazelle can be caught off guard

And a ewe may catch the dog, though he is fierce.”

And the sheep hunted by the ungrateful dog."

إِذا مُتُّ يا قَومي فَلا تَدفِنونَّني

إِذا مُتُّ يا قَومي فَلا تَدفِنونَّني

فَأَ بغَضُ جيرانٍ إِلَيَّ قُبورُ

فَأَ بغَضُ جيرانٍ إِلَيَّ قُبورُ

When I die, O my people, do not bury me:

When I die, O my people, do not bury me,

For graves are the neighbors most hateful to me.

For I hate having close neighbors in graves.

وَلَكِن دَعوني يا بَنيَّ تَعُسُّني

وَلَكِن دَعوني يا بَنيَّ تَعُسُّني

ثَعالِبُ في أَوطانِها وَنُسورُ

ثَعالِبُ في أَوطانِها وَنُسورُ

But leave me, O my sons, to be sought out

Rather, O my sons, leave wretched me

By foxes in their haunts, and vultures.

To foxes in their dens and eagles in their nests.