أَلا إِنَّ ظَبياً لِلخَليفَةِ صادَني

أَلا إِنَّ ظَبياً لِلخَليفَةِ صادَني

وَمالي عَلى ظَبيِ الخَليفَةِ مِن عَدوِ

وَمالي عَلى ظَبيِ الخَليفَةِ مِن عَدوِ

Lo, a gazelle belonging to the caliph has caught me.

Behold! A gazelle of the Caliph assailed me,

And I cannot give chase to the caliph’s gazelle.

And I have no enmity towards the Caliph's gazelle.