فَأَيُيِ وَأَيُّ اِبنِ الحُصَينِ وَعَثعَثٍ

فَأَيُيِ وَأَيُّ اِبنِ الحُصَينِ وَعَثعَثٍ

إِذا ما اِلتَقَينا كانَ بِالحِلفِ أَغدَرا

إِذا ما اِلتَقَينا كانَ بِالحِلفِ أَغدَرا

So which of us—I or Ibn al-Ḥuṣayn and ʿAthʿath—

O you, O son of Al-Husain and ʿAthʿath

when we meet, will be more treacherous to the pact?

When we met, he was the most treacherous with promises