سأَبلغُ حاجاتي وإنْ كنّ نُزَّحاً

سأَبلغُ حاجاتي وإنْ كنّ نُزَّحاً

بكلّ رقيقِ الشَّفْرتينِ يَمانِ

بكلّ رقيقِ الشَّفْرتينِ يَمانِ

I shall attain my aims, even if they lie far away,

I will attain my desires, though I am aggrieved,

With every Yemeni sword, fine along both edges,

With every gentle word from my lips,

وكلِّ طويلٍ كالرِّشاءِ مَدَدْتهُ

وكلِّ طويلٍ كالرِّشاءِ مَدَدْتهُ

يناجيك منه رأسُهُ بسِنانِ

يناجيك منه رأسُهُ بسِنانِ

And every long spear, like a well-rope, that I have extended,

And every tall man I have stretched out,

Its head whispering to you with a spear-point.

Like a spear, whispering to you from its head.

وإنّي حَرونٌ عن ديارٍ مَرِيعةٍ

وإنّي حَرونٌ عن ديارٍ مَرِيعةٍ

وكم ساق لِي عِزّاً طويلُ حِراني

وكم ساق لِي عِزّاً طويلُ حِراني

And I stubbornly shun fertile abodes;

Yet I am defiant against unforgiving lands,

How often my prolonged obstinacy has brought me honor!

And how often has the long arm of Hiran brought me glory,

وقلبي مطيعٌ لِي وإنْ كنتُ كالّذي

وقلبي مطيعٌ لِي وإنْ كنتُ كالّذي

نلاقيه من هذا الزّمانِ عصاني

نلاقيه من هذا الزّمانِ عصاني

And my heart obeys me; yet if I were like what

And my heart obeys me, even if I am like those,

We encounter from this age, it would disobey me.

Whom I meet in this age as disobedient.

وَأَعلمُ أنّ الدّهرَ يعبث صَرْفُهُ

وَأَعلمُ أنّ الدّهرَ يعبث صَرْفُهُ

بمالِ فُلانٍ تارةً وفلانِ

بمالِ فُلانٍ تارةً وفلانِ

And I know that time's vicissitudes toy

And I know that fate toys in its turning,

Now with so-and-so's wealth, now with another's.

With the wealth of so-and-so one time, and so-and-so another.