شِعري أَنّى هَرَبتَ في الطَلَبِ

شِعري أَنّى هَرَبتَ في الطَلَبِ

وَلَو صَعِدتَ السَماءَ في سَبَبِ

وَلَو صَعِدتَ السَماءَ في سَبَبِ

My poetry pursues you wherever you flee,

My poetry, where did you flee in seeking

even if you climb to heaven by a rope.

Even if you ascended to the sky for a reason

يا اِبنَ أَبي عاصِمٍ وَلا عاصِمٌ

يا اِبنَ أَبي عاصِمٍ وَلا عاصِمٌ

وَيلُكَ مِن سَطوَتي وَمِن غَضَبي

وَيلُكَ مِن سَطوَتي وَمِن غَضَبي

O son of Abu Asim, there is no protector—

O son of Abi Aasim, and no Aasim

woe to you!—from my onslaught and my wrath.

Woe to you from my might and from my anger

لَو كُنتَ مِن غُرَّةِ المَوالي إِذَن

لَو كُنتَ مِن غُرَّةِ المَوالي إِذَن

لَم تَنثُ سوءًا في غُرَّةِ العَرَبِ

لَم تَنثُ سوءًا في غُرَّةِ العَرَبِ

If you were among the noblest clients, then

If you were from the honorable clients, then

you would not spread abuse against the noblest Arabs.

You would not have spoken ill in the honor of the Arabs

أَيُّ كَريمٍ يَرضى بِشَتمِ بَني

أَيُّ كَريمٍ يَرضى بِشَتمِ بَني

عَبدِ الكَريمِ الجِحاجِحِ النُجُبِ

عَبدِ الكَريمِ الجِحاجِحِ النُجُبِ

What noble man would consent to insulting the sons

What honorable man would accept the insult of his

of Abd al-Karim, those eminent, highborn chiefs?

Servants of the Benevolent, the noble tribes

أَيُّ مُنادٍ إِلى النَدى وَإِلى الهَي

أَيُّ مُنادٍ إِلى النَدى وَإِلى الهَي

جاءِ ناداهُمُ فَلَم يُجَبِ

جاءِ ناداهُمُ فَلَم يُجَبِ

What caller to generosity and to battle

What caller to bounty and life

called upon them and went unanswered?

Called them, but was not answered

أَيُّ فَتىً مِنهُمُ أَشاحَ فَلَم

أَيُّ فَتىً مِنهُمُ أَشاحَ فَلَم

يُصَب غَداةَ الوَغى وَلَم يُصِبِ

يُصَب غَداةَ الوَغى وَلَم يُصِبِ

What young man among them fought fiercely and was not

What gallant lad among them turned away

wounded on battle's morning, and did not strike a foe?

And did not spill blood the next day of turmoil, and was not spilled

أَيُّ وَليدٍ رَأى سُيوفَهُمُ

أَيُّ وَليدٍ رَأى سُيوفَهُمُ

في الحَربِ مَشهورَةً فَلَم يَشِبِ

في الحَربِ مَشهورَةً فَلَم يَشِبِ

What child saw their swords

What Waleed saw their swords

drawn in war and did not turn grey?

Prominent in war, but did not grow up

إِن رُمتَ تَصديقَ ذاكَ يا أَعوَرُ الد

إِن رُمتَ تَصديقَ ذاكَ يا أَعوَرُ الد

دَجالُ فَاِلحَظهُمُ وَلا تَذُبِ

دَجالُ فَاِلحَظهُمُ وَلا تَذُبِ

If you seek proof of that, O one-eyed

If you intend to believe the claim of that

Dajjal, look upon them and do not melt away.

Squinting fraud, then observe them and do not doubt

لَن يَهدِمَ الناسُ ما بَقوا أَبَداً

لَن يَهدِمَ الناسُ ما بَقوا أَبَداً

ما قَد بَنوهُ مِن ذَلِكَ الحَسَبِ

ما قَد بَنوهُ مِن ذَلِكَ الحَسَبِ

People, as long as they live, will never tear down

The people will never destroy what remains

what they have built of that ancestral honor.

Of that lineage they built

أُلاكَ زُهرُ النُجومِ لَيسَ كَمَن

أُلاكَ زُهرُ النُجومِ لَيسَ كَمَن

أَمسى دَعِيّاً في الشِعرِ وَالنَسَبِ

أَمسى دَعِيّاً في الشِعرِ وَالنَسَبِ

Those men are the radiant stars, unlike one who

Your demise is not like one who

has become an impostor in poetry and lineage.

In the evening became a pretender in poetry and ancestry