مظفرMuzaffar ظفرةgranted him victory اللهGod بيover me
مظفر ظفرة الله بي
عقوبةa punishment جاءتcame لمقدارby fate's decree
عقوبة جاءت لمقدار
Muzaffar—God has given him victory over me—
God has granted me victory
is a punishment that came as fate decreed.
A punishment to match my crime
يشرطhe slits أوداجيmy jugular veins بقوبينهwith his axe
يشرط أوداجي بقوبينه
ويحلقand he shaves الراسthe head بمنشارwith a saw
ويحلق الراس بمنشار
He slits my jugular veins with his axe
My legs shackled in chains
and shaves my head with a saw.
My head shorn with a saw