ألم ترَ ما أتاهُ أبو عَلِيَّ

ألم ترَ ما أتاهُ أبو عَلِيَّ

وكنتُ أراهُ ذا عَقلٍ وكَيْسِ

وكنتُ أراهُ ذا عَقلٍ وكَيْسِ

Have you not seen what Abu Ali has done?

Did you not see what came to Abu Ali

And I had thought him a man of reason and discernment.

Though I thought him a man of sense and wisdom

عصى السُّلطانَ فابتدرَتْ إليهِ

عصى السُّلطانَ فابتدرَتْ إليهِ

رِجالٌ يقلَعونَ أبا قُبَيْسِ

رِجالٌ يقلَعونَ أبا قُبَيْسِ

He defied the sultan, so toward him rushed

He defied the sultan, so men came for him

Men who could uproot Abu Qubays.

To seize Abu Qubays in their rough justice

وَصيَّرَ طُوسَ معقِلَهُ فأضحَتْ

وَصيَّرَ طُوسَ معقِلَهُ فأضحَتْ

عليهِ طُوسُ أشأَمَ مِن طُوَيْسِ

عليهِ طُوسُ أشأَمَ مِن طُوَيْسِ

And he made Tus his stronghold, but it proved

He made Tus his fortress, but Tus for him

More ill-omened for him than Tuways.

Became more ominous than Mount Tuways