أَقولُ لأَصحابي بِأَكنافِ جازِرٍ

أَقولُ لأَصحابي بِأَكنافِ جازِرٍ

وَرَاذانِها هَل تَأمَلونَ رجوعا

وَرَاذانِها هَل تَأمَلونَ رجوعا

I say to my companions on the outskirts of Jazir

I say to my companions under the folds of Jazir

And its Radhan, “Do you hope to return?”

And its branches, do you think of returning?

فَقالَ اِمرؤٌ هَيهاتَ لَستُ بِراجِعٍ

فَقالَ اِمرؤٌ هَيهاتَ لَستُ بِراجِعٍ

وَلَم تَكُ لِلتَقنيطِ مِنهُ بَديعا

وَلَم تَكُ لِلتَقنيطِ مِنهُ بَديعا

Then a man said, “Far from it! I am not returning.”

A man said: Alas! I am not going back

And you were no stranger to discouragement from him.

And you were not good at being hopeless about him

فَعَمَّمتُهُ سَيفي وَذَلِكَ حالَتي

فَعَمَّمتُهُ سَيفي وَذَلِكَ حالَتي

لِمَن لَم أَجِدهُ سامِعاً وَمُطيعا

لِمَن لَم أَجِدهُ سامِعاً وَمُطيعا

So I made my sword his turban; that is my way

So I swung my sword at him, and that is my condition

Toward anyone I have not found listening and obedient.

For whoever I do not find listening and obedient.