مَعادُ مُعاديهِ مَهْما طَوى

على بُغضِهِ القلبَ قَعرُ الطّوِيّ

However time obscures their enmity

Hatred still festers in the heart's abyss

وأمثلُ أحوالِ أعدائهِ

وكلُّهمُ نهبُ داءٍ دوِيّ

And foes behave as foes are wont to do

All prey to some pernicious, rank disease

عِصِيٌّ مكلّلةٌ بالرؤوسِ

وروس مُكلّلةٌ بالعصِيّ

With heads enwreathed by staves that them enslave

And staves enwreathed by heads they would disembowel