الليث يزبى وفوق الزبية الحملُ

الليث يزبى وفوق الزبية الحملُ

وزبية المرء موت فوقه أمل

وزبية المرء موت فوقه أمل

The lion is trapped, with the lamb above the pit.

The lion pounces, and above the pounce a lamb

And man's trapping pit is death, with hope above it.

And a man's pounce is death, with hope above it

هذا يغُرّ بصوت الشاة من بعد

هذا يغُرّ بصوت الشاة من بعد

وذا تخادعُه الآمال والأجلُ

وذا تخادعُه الآمال والأجلُ

This one is lured by the sheep's voice from afar,

One is provoked by a sheep's bleat from afar

And that one is deceived by hopes and the appointed end.

While the other is fooled by hopes and fate

تبارك الله والأمثال واقعةٌ

تبارك الله والأمثال واقعةٌ

مضروبةٌ أملٌ من فوقه عمل

مضروبةٌ أملٌ من فوقه عمل

Blessed is God; the parables are borne out,

Blessed is God, and proverbs are true

Set forth: hope, with work above it.

A beaten hope, with work above it

وكلّ حيّ أطال الله مدّته

وكلّ حيّ أطال الله مدّته

لموته سببٌ يجتثّ أجل

لموته سببٌ يجتثّ أجل

And every living being whose span God has prolonged

And every living thing whose life God lengthens

Has a cause of death—an appointed end that uproots him.

Has a cause of death that pulls out its fate