سكنتُ وابني بدارِ قومٍ

سكنتُ وابني بدارِ قومٍ

أوقاتنا تارَةً وتارَه

أوقاتنا تارَةً وتارَه

My son and I lived in some people's house;

I dwelt with my sons in the home of a people

Our days—now one way, now another.

Whose time was at times fire, at others ember.

فإنها بالخصام نارٌ

فإنها بالخصام نارٌ

وقودها الناسُ والحجارة

وقودها الناسُ والحجارة

For quarrelling makes it a fire,

For strife is a furnace; its fuel men and stones.

Whose fuel is people and stones.