سأغلِبُ والسماءِ ومَنْ بناها

قَطاةَ مُزاحِمٍ ومَنِ انتحاها

I will prevail, and the sky and He who built it

Over the intruding cat and he who stroked it

قَطاة مُزاحمٍ وأبي المُثَنَّى

على حُوزِيَّةٍ صُلْبٍ شَواها

The intruding cat and Abi Al-Muthanna

Over the firm, erect Houziyya

غدتْ كالقَطْرَةِ السُّفْواء تَهْوِي

أمام مُجَلْجِلٍ زَجِلٍ نَفاها

It became like a worthless drop falling

Before the rumbling, vocal thunder that dispelled it

تَكَفَّأ كالجُمانَةِ لا تُبالي

أبالموماةِ أضحْ أَم سِواها

It crouched like a skink, uncaring

Whether it was made distinct or something else

نبتْ منها العَجيزةُ فاحزألَّتْ

ونَبَّسَ للتقتُّل مَنْكِباها

From it grew the old woman, so it shook

And its shoulder blade withered for slaughter

كأنَّ كعوبها أطرافُ نَبْلٍ

كساها الرَّازقيَّةَ مَنْ بَراها

As if its ankles were arrowheads

Dressed by Ar-Raziqqiya, He who created it