بي حاجِباهُ كَذاكَ أَسودّ خالهُ

بي حاجِباهُ كَذاكَ أَسودّ خالهُ

إِذ قامَ بَينَهُما بِرأيِ العينِ

إِذ قامَ بَينَهُما بِرأيِ العينِ

My life for his two eyebrows, and likewise his black mole,

With eyebrows like two dark moles between

For between them stood, in plain sight,

When he stood up giving sight its due

عَبدٌ تَكَفَّلَ لِلعُيونِ بِحِفظِها

عَبدٌ تَكَفَّلَ لِلعُيونِ بِحِفظِها

فَلِذاكَ يَبدو شاهِراً سَيفينِ

فَلِذاكَ يَبدو شاهِراً سَيفينِ

A slave who undertook to safeguard the eyes;

A slave took upon himself to guard the eyes

And so he appears brandishing two swords.

Thus openly wearing two swords is seen