حللتُ بأَعلى شاهقٍ متمنعٍ

حللتُ بأَعلى شاهقٍ متمنعٍ

فلستُ أُبالى الدهرَ مَنْ حلَّ أَسفَلَه

فلستُ أُبالى الدهرَ مَنْ حلَّ أَسفَلَه

I have settled upon the highest, unassailable peak,

I climbed the highest, inaccessible peak,

so I care not, ever, who has settled below it.

I care not what fate befalls those below.

وان الذي أَتعَبتُه بَعداوتي

وان الذي أَتعَبتُه بَعداوتي

كَعَودٍ على طولِ السُّرى ذَمَّ محمَلَه

كَعَودٍ على طولِ السُّرى ذَمَّ محمَلَه

And the one I have wearied by my enmity

He whom I wearied with my enmity,

is like an old camel that, during long night travel, cursed its load.

Bears a burden like a staff too long to carry.

ولا يستطيع العودُ حلَّ رحالِه

ولا يستطيع العودُ حلَّ رحالِه

اذا لم يعاونْهُ على الحلِّ أَرقلُه

اذا لم يعاونْهُ على الحلِّ أَرقلُه

The old camel cannot unfasten its packs

The staff cannot be unloaded

if its driver does not help it undo them.

Unless the hand that holds it helps set it down.

كأَنى على هامِ الرجالِ غَمامةٌ

كأَنى على هامِ الرجالِ غَمامةٌ

تطُلُّ عليهم بالبروقِ مكلَلَه

تطُلُّ عليهم بالبروقِ مكلَلَه

It is as though I were a cloud above men's heads,

Like a cloud over the heads of men

looking down upon them, crowned with lightning.

Flashing lightening at them from its crown.