يا مَن تَفَرَّدَ في مَجدٍ وفي عِظَمٍ

ياراكِمَ الغَيمِ يا مَن في الرَّقيعِ عَلا

O you who excels in glory and in greatness

O you enveloped in clouds, o you who rose high in the winter

لا تُحجَبِ الشَّمسُ والظَّلماءُ تَعقُبُها

حتى بِفريامَ نصراً نبلُغُ الأَمَلا

The sun is not eclipsed and the darkness follows it

Until with our swords we attain hope

اَدُكُّ شائِقَ قَصرٍ شادَهُ وأَرى ال

لَّهيبَ يَلتَهِمُ الأَبوَابَ مُحتَملا

I yearn for the palace which he built and I see the

Flames devouring its doors, enduring

ودِرعَ ذِي البَطشِ هَكطورٍ أُمَزِّقُها

بِصَدرهِ ونُذِيقُ القَومَ شَرَّ بَلا

And the coat of mail of the mighty one I tear it

With my chest and make the people taste the evil without sweetener

وَحولَهُ فِتيةٌ تَنقَضُّ ساقطةً

فَتكدُمُ التُّربَ من أصحابهِ النُّبَلا

And around him young men pouncing down

So they bruise the soil from his companions, the arrows

لكنَّما ابنُ قُرُونٍ لم يَصِل أَملاً

آوى الضَّحِيَّةَ لَكن أَثقلَ العَمَلا

But he is the son of generations that did not attain hope

He sheltered the victims but the work weighed heavy

بَل زادَ مِحنتَهُم وَيلاً وما عَرَفوا

دَعَوا وذَرُّوا الشَّعِيرَ الرَّافِعَ القُبَلا

Rather, he increased their ordeal and they did not know

They prayed and left the raising grain

والذَّابِحُ الذِّبحَ أَعلى رَأسَهُ وكَذا

مِن بَعدِ تَجرِيدِهِ أَفخاذَهُ عَزَلا

And the slaughterer slaughtered above his head and thus

After skinning him, cut off his thighs

بالشَّحمِ غَشَّى حَواشِيها وأَتبَعَهَا ال

أَحتساءَ دامِيةً من فَوقِها وَشَلا

He covered its edges with fat and followed it

Scorching blood from above it and it melted

وأَضرَمُوا النَّارَ خُشباناً مُقَطَّعةً

سَعِيرُها بِسَفافِيدِ الحَشَا اشَتَعَلا

And they ignited the cut up firewood

Its blaze with kindling flames ignited

حتَّى إِذا ذَابَتِ الأَفخاذُ واجتعَلُوا

باقي الحَشا اقتسَمُوا اللَّحمَ الذي فَضَلا

Until the thighs melted and they shared

The rest of the meat that remained

ثُمَّ اشتَوَوهُ وهَبُّوا للطَّعام ولم

يَكُن بِهِم قطُّ شاكٍ لم يَنَل جُعَلا

Then they distributed it and dove into the food and were not

Ever doubtful that one did not get a share

لما اكتَفَوا قام نَسطُورُ الوَقُورُ على ال

أَقدَام مُنتَصِباً بالقَولِ مُرتَجِلا

When they were full, dignified Nestor stood

On his feet, improvising his words

أَترِيذُ مَولى المَوَالي فَلنَهُبَّ إِلى

فِعلٍ يُخَوِّلُنا الرَّبُّ الذِي فَعَلا

My master's boy so let us rush

To a deed that makes the Lord who did, permit us

لِتَهِتفَنَّ دُعَاةُ الحَربِ جامِعةً

لدَى السفَّائنِ أَبطالَ الوَغَى عَجَلا

So that the war callers collectively cry

By the ships the heroes of havoc hurriedly

ولنجَرِيَنَّ جَمِيعاً نَحوَ فَيلَقِهم

نَهِيجُ فِتنَةَ رَبِّ الحَربِ والجَذَلا

And we all run towards their troops

Inciting the sedition of the Lord of war and valor