حازَ الأَميرُ عَن البرِيَّةِ مُنصُلاً

حازَ الأَميرُ عَن البرِيَّةِ مُنصُلاً

ما حازَهُ أَحَدٌ مِنَ الأُمَراءِ

ما حازَهُ أَحَدٌ مِنَ الأُمَراءِ

The prince alone among humankind has acquired a sword

The prince has obtained from the wilderness a spear

That no other prince has acquired.

That no other prince has obtained

جاري الفِرِندِ كأَنَّهُ في لمعِهِ

جاري الفِرِندِ كأَنَّهُ في لمعِهِ

آلٌ زَهَتهُ وَقدَةُ المَعزاءِ

آلٌ زَهَتهُ وَقدَةُ المَعزاءِ

Its watered pattern flows; in its gleam it is like

With a blade that gleams as if it were

A mirage adorned by the blazing heat of stony ground.

The family of lightning in the camphor wood

وَكأنَّ رَونقَهُ حِداقُ جَنادِبٍ

وَكأنَّ رَونقَهُ حِداقُ جَنادِبٍ

يَلمعنَ في مَسجورَةِ الرَمضاءِ

يَلمعنَ في مَسجورَةِ الرَمضاءِ

And its luster is like the pupils of grasshoppers,

And its elegance is like the eyelids of wild geese

Gleaming amid the blaze of sun-scorched ground.

Gleaming in the cooked pot of al-Ramtha

يُنضى فيتَّقِدُ اتِّقادَ النارِ تُذ

يُنضى فيتَّقِدُ اتِّقادَ النارِ تُذ

كيها وَيطَّرِدُ اطِّرادَ الماءِ

كيها وَيطَّرِدُ اطِّرادَ الماءِ

Unsheathed, it blazes like a fire you

It is sharpened then ignited with the ignition of fire when it is heated

Kindle, and flows as water flows,

And it chases away like the flow of water

مُتَلَوِّناً كالحينِ يَطلُبُ باغِياً

مُتَلَوِّناً كالحينِ يَطلُبُ باغِياً

وَمُصَمِّماً كالحيَّةِ الصَمّاءِ

وَمُصَمِّماً كالحيَّةِ الصَمّاءِ

Shifting in hue like death, seeking an aggressor,

Changing colors like an Indian sword seeking to smite

And striking decisively, like the deaf serpent.

And determined like a deaf viper