أَفِيَّ تَنظِمُ قَولَ الزورِ وَالفَنَدِ

أَفِيَّ تَنظِمُ قَولَ الزورِ وَالفَنَدِ

وَأَنتَ أَنزَرُ مِن لا شَيءَ في العَدَدِ

وَأَنتَ أَنزَرُ مِن لا شَيءَ في العَدَدِ

Is it against me that you compose words of falsehood and folly,

You compose lies and slander against me

When you are less than nothing in the reckoning?

Yet you are more insignificant than nothingness

أَشرَجتَ قَلبَكَ مِن بُغضي عَلى حُرَقٍ

أَشرَجتَ قَلبَكَ مِن بُغضي عَلى حُرَقٍ

أَضَرُّ مِن حُرُقاتِ الهَجرِ في الجَسَدِ

أَضَرُّ مِن حُرُقاتِ الهَجرِ في الجَسَدِ

You have sealed your heart, through hatred of me, around burning anguish,

You have set your heart ablaze with hatred of me

More harmful to the body than the burning pains of separation.

More painful than the burning pangs of separation

أَنحَفتَ جِسمَكَ حَتّى لَو هَمَمتُ بِأَن

أَنحَفتَ جِسمَكَ حَتّى لَو هَمَمتُ بِأَن

أَلهو بِصَفعِكَ يَوماً لَم تَجِدكَ يَدي

أَلهو بِصَفعِكَ يَوماً لَم تَجِدكَ يَدي

You have made your body so thin that, were I to decide to

You have made your body so emaciated that if

Amuse myself by slapping you one day, my hand would not find you.

I wished to slap you one day, my hand would not find you

لا تَنتَسِب قَد حَوَيتَ الفَخرَ مُجتَمِعاً

لا تَنتَسِب قَد حَوَيتَ الفَخرَ مُجتَمِعاً

وَالذِكرَ إِذ صِرتَ مَنسوباً إِلى حَسَدي

وَالذِكرَ إِذ صِرتَ مَنسوباً إِلى حَسَدي

Do not claim ancestry; you have gained glory in its entirety,

Do not boast, you have encompassed all pride

And renown, now that you are known for envying me.

And fame, as you have become attributed to my envy

أَطَلتَ رَوعَكَ حَتّى صِرتَ لي غَرَضاً

أَطَلتَ رَوعَكَ حَتّى صِرتَ لي غَرَضاً

قَد يُقدِمُ العَيرُ مِن ذُعرٍ عَلى الأَسَدِ

قَد يُقدِمُ العَيرُ مِن ذُعرٍ عَلى الأَسَدِ

You have prolonged your fright until you became my target;

You have made your evil last so long that you have become

An ass may charge a lion out of terror.

A target, which a caravan in panic might attack, like a lion