وَقَد كانَ ذو القرنين يَبني مَدينة

وَقَد كانَ ذو القرنين يَبني مَدينة

فَأَصبَح ذا القرنان يَهدم سورَها

فَأَصبَح ذا القرنان يَهدم سورَها

And once, the Two-Horned One built a city;

And Dhu al-Qarnayn was once building a city;

but now this two-horned fellow is tearing down its wall.

and now this horned cuckold is tearing down its wall.

عَلى أَنَّهُ لَو حَكَ في صَحن داره

عَلى أَنَّهُ لَو حَكَ في صَحن داره

بِقرن لَهُ سيناء زَعزع طورها

بِقرن لَهُ سيناء زَعزع طورها

Yet if he held sway in the courtyard of his own home

Yet if, in the courtyard of his house, he were to rub

with one horn of his, Sinai would shake its Mount.

Sinai with a horn of his, he would shake its mountain.