إِنّي لَوَصّالٌ بِغَيرِ شَناءَةٍ

إِنّي لَوَصّالٌ بِغَيرِ شَناءَةٍ

وَإِنّي لَباقي الحِقدِ مُستَحوِذٌ صُرمي

وَإِنّي لَباقي الحِقدِ مُستَحوِذٌ صُرمي

I am indeed devoted to keeping ties, without hatred.

I am one who reaches out without ulterior motive

And toward one whose rancor endures, I am resolute in severing ties.

Yet I still harbor resentment and keep it suppressed within

وَمُحتَمِلٌ ضِغناً عَلَيَّ وَلَم يَكُن

وَمُحتَمِلٌ ضِغناً عَلَيَّ وَلَم يَكُن

لِيَبلُغَ جَهلي إِن جَهِلتُ وَلا حِلمي

لِيَبلُغَ جَهلي إِن جَهِلتُ وَلا حِلمي

And one harboring a grudge against me could never

Bearing spite aimed against me, though it could not

Match my rashness, if I act rashly, nor my forbearance.

Lead to ignorance in me, if I were ignorant, or violate my integrity

وَيَأبى غُواةُ الناسِ إِلّا تَوافُداً

وَيَأبى غُواةُ الناسِ إِلّا تَوافُداً

عَلَيَّ وَيَأبى أَن يَرِقَّ لَهُم عَظمي

عَلَيَّ وَيَأبى أَن يَرِقَّ لَهُم عَظمي

And the wayward among men insist on flocking

Yet the insolence of people insists on directing itself

Against me; yet my bones refuse to soften for them.

Towards me, and refuses to soften towards them, my honor

وَما زِلتَ يا خِنزيرَ تَغلِبَ جاحِراً

وَما زِلتَ يا خِنزيرَ تَغلِبَ جاحِراً

بِمَنزِلَةٍ يُحمى عَلَيكَ وَلا تَحمي

بِمَنزِلَةٍ يُحمى عَلَيكَ وَلا تَحمي

And you have always been, O swine of Taghlib, hiding in a burrow,

And you, o boar, continue to defeat a cunning one

In a place where you are protected, but give no protection.

With a status protected from you, which you do not protect

وَإِنَّكَ لَو تَرمي تَميماً لَفَلَّلَت

وَإِنَّكَ لَو تَرمي تَميماً لَفَلَّلَت

نِصالَ مَراميكَ الجِبالُ الَّتي تَرمي

نِصالَ مَراميكَ الجِبالُ الَّتي تَرمي

And were you to shoot at Tamim, blunted would be

And verily if you cast a talisman, you would

Your arrowheads by the mountains you shoot at.

Unleash the arrows of your castings, o mountains which you cast upon

وَإِنّي لَمُهدٍ لِلأُخَيطِلِ صَكَّةً

وَإِنّي لَمُهدٍ لِلأُخَيطِلِ صَكَّةً

تَدُقُّ حِيالَ الناظِرينِ مِنَ الخَطمِ

تَدُقُّ حِيالَ الناظِرينِ مِنَ الخَطمِ

And I shall indeed present al-Ukhaytil with a blow

And I remain firm as an anvil for the skillful smithy

That crushes his snout at the level of his eyes.

That pounds coils in sight of the onlookers, from the nose

كَذَبتَ لَقَد قُدنا الخَميسَ وَناقَلَت

كَذَبتَ لَقَد قُدنا الخَميسَ وَناقَلَت

بِنا الخَيلُ وَرداً في الخَميسِ وَفي الدَهمِ

بِنا الخَيلُ وَرداً في الخَميسِ وَفي الدَهمِ

You lie! We have indeed led the army, and the horses sped

You have lied! Indeed we led the expedition on Thursday

With us, plunging into the army and the dark masses.

And the horses conveyed us back and forth on Thursday and in valor