رَأَيتُ أَبا الحَجناءِ في الناسِ جائِزاً

رَأَيتُ أَبا الحَجناءِ في الناسِ جائِزاً

وَلَونُ أَبي الحَجناءِ لَونُ ا لبَهائِمِ

وَلَونُ أَبي الحَجناءِ لَونُ ا لبَهائِمِ

I saw Abu al-Hajna passing among the people.

I saw Abu Al-Hajna among the people passing by

And Abu al-Hajna’s color is the color of beasts.

And the complexion of Abu Al-Hajna is the complexion of beasts

تَراهُ عَلى ما لاحَهُ مِن سَوادِهِ

تَراهُ عَلى ما لاحَهُ مِن سَوادِهِ

وَإِن كانَ مَظلوماً لَهُ وَجهُ ظالِمِ

وَإِن كانَ مَظلوماً لَهُ وَجهُ ظالِمِ

You see him, marked as he is by his blackness,

You see it because of its intense blackness

and even if he is wronged, he has a wrongdoer’s face.

And if it has been wronged, still its face is that of a wrongdoer