فما تسعون تحفِزها ثلاثٌ

فما تسعون تحفِزها ثلاثٌ

يَضُمُّ حِسَابَهَا رَجُلٌ شدِيدُ

يَضُمُّ حِسَابَهَا رَجُلٌ شدِيدُ

Ninety, with three more spurring them on—

So ninety, spurred on by three,

their total reckoned by an exacting man—

their tally clenched by a strong man

بِكفِّ حُزُقَّةٍ جُمِعَت لِوَجءٍ

بِكفِّ حُزُقَّةٍ جُمِعَت لِوَجءٍ

بِأنكَدَ مِن عَطَائِكَ يَا يَزِيدُ

بِأنكَدَ مِن عَطَائِكَ يَا يَزِيدُ

amassed for an obligation in a miser’s fist,

in a short, stout man's palm, drawn tight for a punch,

are no more painfully parted with than your bounty, Yazid.

are no harsher than your bounty, O Yazid.