أَعدَدتُ كَلباً لِلطِرادِ فَظّا

أَعدَدتُ كَلباً لِلطِرادِ فَظّا

إِذا غَدا مِن نَهَمٍ تَلَظّى

إِذا غَدا مِن نَهَمٍ تَلَظّى

I have readied a fierce dog for the chase.

I prepared a vicious dog for the hunt

I readied a savage hound for the chase,

When he goes out in the morning, he blazes with ravenous appetite.

When it went out ravenously it snarled

Who, setting out in hunger, blazes like fire,

وَجاذَبَ المِقوَدَ وَاِستَلَظّا

وَجاذَبَ المِقوَدَ وَاِستَلَظّا

كَأَنَّ شَيطاناً لَهُ أَلَظّا

كَأَنَّ شَيطاناً لَهُ أَلَظّا

And he tugs at the leash and strains relentlessly,

It pulled at the leash and became ferocious

Straining at the tether, inflamed with zeal,

As though a devil had fastened itself to him.

As if an evil spirit made it savage

As if a demon were spurring him on,

يَكَظُّ أَسرابَ الظِباءِ كَظّا

يَكَظُّ أَسرابَ الظِباءِ كَظّا

حَتّى تَراها فِرَقاً تَشَظّى

حَتّى تَراها فِرَقاً تَشَظّى

He presses hard upon the herds of gazelles,

It startled the deer herds violently

He harries the herds of gazelle with crushing force,

Until you see them splinter into bands.

Until you see them scattered fragments

Until you see them shatter into scattered bands,

يَحوزُ مِنها كُلَّ يَومٍ حَظّا

يَحوزُ مِنها كُلَّ يَومٍ حَظّا

حَتّى تَرى نَجيعَها مُفتَظّا

حَتّى تَرى نَجيعَها مُفتَظّا

He wins a share of them every day,

It seizes from them each day a share

Claiming from their midst his daily prize,

Until you see their dark blood squeezed out.

Until you see their dwelling deserted

Until you see their lifeblood spilled and drawn.