نقتنص الآساد في غيلها
وأعين البيض لنا صائده
We hunt down lions in their thickets,
We hunt the lions down in their own thickets,
yet the eyes of fair women hunt us.
yet the eyes of fair maidens hunt us down.
ينبو الحسام العضبعنا وقد
تقدح فينا النظرة القاصدة
The keen-edged sword recoils from us, yet
The keen-edged sword turns blunt and glances off us, while
the purposeful glance strikes sparks within us.
a glance that takes its aim strikes fire within us.
تهابنا الأسد ونخشى الظبا
آبدة ما مثلها آبدة
Lions fear us, while we fear gazelles—
Lions go in dread of us, and we dread the gazelles:
a wonder unmatched by any wonder.
a marvel — and never was there a marvel like it.
Claude Opus 5