إن يوم الهباة أورثني الذل

فأصبحت ظالماً مظلوما

The day I was defeated brought me disgrace

And I became an oppressor, oppressed

كان ظلمي قتل سارةِ بني بدرٍ

فأصبحت بعدهم مرحوما

My oppression was killing Sarah, daughter of Badr's sons

And after them I was left bereaved

فخصبت السنانَ من ثُغر القومِ

وكانوا للناظرين نجوما

So I made the lances fertile from the mouths of the people

And to onlookers they were stars

كان ثأري لمالك بن زهيرٍ واحداً

كان فيهم معلوما

My only revenge was on Malik bin Zuheir

Among them it was known

فقتلت الجميع من حذرِ الثكلِ

لقد كُنت في الدماءِ منهوما

So I killed them all out of fear of losing a child

I was certainly bloodthirsty

كان ظلمي وكان ظلمهم أمسِ

عظيماً ورأيهم موصوما

My oppression and their oppression yesterday

Was tremendous and their view blemished

لطم القومُ داحساً حذرَ السبقِ

لقد كان داحسٌ مشؤوما

The people slapped Dahis fearing his early arrival

Dahis was certainly ill-fated

ظلمونا بقتلهم وظلمنا

معشراً كان يومهم محتوما

They wronged us by killing him and we wronged

A group whose day was destined

إن للنمر في إجارتها الجارَ

وأمنِ الطريد حظاً عظيما

A neighbor surely has rights with the tiger

And the fleeing prey immense safety

يأمن الجارُ فيهم وترى

وسطهم ذا خثولةٍ وعموما

The neighbor is safe among them and you see

One with meekness and generality

يملأ الدلو قبل دلو أخي النمرِ

وما حوضُ جارهم مهدوما

He fills his bucket before his neighbor, the tiger’s bucket

And the basin of their neighbor is not demolished