كل خفيف الرجلين ثقّل
خفة رجليه بالحديد
Every light-footed man grew heavy,
Weighed down his feet with iron.
أذقهُ من غب ما جناه
ما ذاق يحيى من الرشيد
Made him taste the fruit of his misdeeds -
What fate did Yahya suffer at the hands of al-Rashid.
كل خفيف الرجلين ثقّل
خفة رجليه بالحديد
Every light-footed man grew heavy,
Weighed down his feet with iron.
أذقهُ من غب ما جناه
ما ذاق يحيى من الرشيد
Made him taste the fruit of his misdeeds -
What fate did Yahya suffer at the hands of al-Rashid.