ألَم تَرَ أَنَّ الوَردَ عَرَّدَ صَدرُهُ

ألَم تَرَ أَنَّ الوَردَ عَرَّدَ صَدرُهُ

وَحادَ عَنِ الدَعوى وَضَوءِ البِوارِقِ

وَحادَ عَنِ الدَعوى وَضَوءِ البِوارِقِ

Did you not see how al-Ward turned his chest away,

Did you not see the rose bare its chest

And swerved from the battle cry and the gleam of flashing swords,

And deviate from pretense and the light of mirages

وَأَخرَجَني مِن فِتيَةٍ لَم أَرِد لَهُم

وَأَخرَجَني مِن فِتيَةٍ لَم أَرِد لَهُم

فِراقاً وَهُم في مَأزِقٍ مُتَضايِقِ

فِراقاً وَهُم في مَأزِقٍ مُتَضايِقِ

And carried me away from young men I had not wished

And it brought me out from youths I did not want to part from

To leave, while they were in a narrow, constricted battleground,

While they are in dire straits and distressed

وَقَضَّ عَلى فاسِ اللِجامِ وَعَزَّني

وَقَضَّ عَلى فاسِ اللِجامِ وَعَزَّني

على أمره إِذ رَدَّ أَهلُ الحَقائِقِ

على أمره إِذ رَدَّ أَهلُ الحَقائِقِ

And bit hard on the bridle's mouthpiece and overpowered me

And it broke the reins of my self-control and empowered me

To have his way, when men of honor fought back?

Over its command when the people of truths refused

فَقُلتُ لَهُ لَمّا بَلَوتُ بَلاءَهُ

فَقُلتُ لَهُ لَمّا بَلَوتُ بَلاءَهُ

وَإِنّي بِمَتعٍ مِن خَليلٍ مُفارِقِ

وَإِنّي بِمَتعٍ مِن خَليلٍ مُفارِقِ

So I said to him, when I had tested his mettle,

So I said to it when I suffered its tribulation

While I still enjoyed a companion soon to part:

And I am surely parting from a beloved friend

أُحَدِّثُ مَن لاقَيتُ يَوماً بَلاءَهُ

أُحَدِّثُ مَن لاقَيتُ يَوماً بَلاءَهُ

وَهُم يَحسِبونَ أَنَّني غَيرُ صادِقِ

وَهُم يَحسِبونَ أَنَّني غَيرُ صادِقِ

I recount his deeds to anyone I ever meet,

I will tell whoever I met who suffered its tribulation

Though they think I am not truthful.

And they think I am not truthful