أرى العَنْقاءَ تَكْبُرُ أن تُصادا

أرى العَنْقاءَ تَكْبُرُ أن تُصادا

فعانِدْ مَنْ تُطيقُ لهُ عِنادا

فعانِدْ مَنْ تُطيقُ لهُ عِنادا

I see the phoenix as too lofty to be hunted,

I see the proud she-camel disdain being hunted,

So oppose whoever you have the strength to oppose.

So resist whoever you can resist.

وما نَهْنَهَتُ عن طَلَبٍ ولكِنْ

وما نَهْنَهَتُ عن طَلَبٍ ولكِنْ

هيَ الأيّامُ لا تُعْطي قِيادا

هيَ الأيّامُ لا تُعْطي قِيادا

I have not held back from pursuit, but

It was not my sighing that stopped me from seeking,

The days themselves refuse to yield the reins.

But it was the days that did not facilitate leading.

فلا تَلُمِ السّوابِقَ والمَطايا

فلا تَلُمِ السّوابِقَ والمَطايا

إذا غَرَضٌ من الأغراضِ حادا

إذا غَرَضٌ من الأغراضِ حادا

So do not blame the fleet steeds and the riding beasts

So do not blame the excellent camels or horses,

If some aim among your aims goes astray.

If a goal from the goals has deviated.

لعَلّكَ أنْ تَشُنّ بها مَغاراً

لعَلّكَ أنْ تَشُنّ بها مَغاراً

فتُنْجِحَ أو تُجَشّمَها طِرادا

فتُنْجِحَ أو تُجَشّمَها طِرادا

Perhaps you will launch a raid with them,

Perhaps you undertake raids against it,

And succeed, or force them into a chase,

So you either succeed or chase it away scared.

مُقارِعَةً أحِجّتَها العَوالي

مُقارِعَةً أحِجّتَها العَوالي

مُجَنّبَةً نَواظِرَها الرّقادا

مُجَنّبَةً نَواظِرَها الرّقادا

Their brow-ridges clashing with the tall spears,

Challenging its excuses gallantly,

Their eyes kept far from sleep.

While keeping its onlookers awake.

نَلومُ على تَبلّدِها قُلوباً

نَلومُ على تَبلّدِها قُلوباً

تُكابِدُ من مَعيشَتِها جِهادا

تُكابِدُ من مَعيشَتِها جِهادا

We blame hearts for their sluggishness,

We blame on their hearts being insensitive

Though they endure a struggle in making their living.

While they endure livelihood with struggle.

إذا ما النّارُ لم تُطْعَمْ ضِراماً

إذا ما النّارُ لم تُطْعَمْ ضِراماً

فأوْشِكْ أنْ تَمُرَّ بها رَمادا

فأوْشِكْ أنْ تَمُرَّ بها رَمادا

When fire is not fed with kindling,

When the fire is not fed wood

Then expect soon to pass it as ashes.

It is about to turn into ashes.

فظُنّ بسائِرِ الإخْوانِ شَرّاً

فظُنّ بسائِرِ الإخْوانِ شَرّاً

ولا تأمَنْ على سِرٍّ فُؤادا

ولا تأمَنْ على سِرٍّ فُؤادا

So suspect evil in all companions,

So think ill of the rest of mankind

And trust no heart with a secret.

And do not trust the heart with a secret.

فلو خَبَرَتْهُمُ الجَوزاءُ خُبْري

فلو خَبَرَتْهُمُ الجَوزاءُ خُبْري

لَما طَلَعَتْ مَخافَةَ أن تُكادا

لَما طَلَعَتْ مَخافَةَ أن تُكادا

For had al-Jawza known them as I do,

If the nightingales had known my secret

She would not have risen, for fear of being plotted against.

They would not have come out fearing being trapped.

تَجَنّبْتُ الأنامَ فلا أُواخي

تَجَنّبْتُ الأنامَ فلا أُواخي

وزِدْتُ عن العدُوّ فما أُعادى

وزِدْتُ عن العدُوّ فما أُعادى

I shunned humankind, so I make no friends,

I avoided people so I do not confide,

And drew farther from the enemy, so I am not opposed.

And increased from the enemy so I do not fight back.

ولمّا أنْ تَجَهّمَني مُرادي

ولمّا أنْ تَجَهّمَني مُرادي

جَرَيْتُ معَ الزّمانِ كما أرادا

جَرَيْتُ معَ الزّمانِ كما أرادا

And when my desire frowned upon me,

And when my purpose frowned at me,

I went along with Time as it wished.

I went along with time however it wanted.

وهَوَّنْتُ الخُطوبَ عليّ حتى

وهَوَّنْتُ الخُطوبَ عليّ حتى

كأني صِرتُ أمْنحُها الوِدادا

كأني صِرتُ أمْنحُها الوِدادا

And made calamities easier on myself, until

And I made troubles easy on myself until

I seemed to have come to offer them affection.

It was as if I was befriending them.

أَأُنْكِرُها ومَنْبِتُها فؤادي

أَأُنْكِرُها ومَنْبِتُها فؤادي

وكيفَ تُناكِرُ الأرضُ القَتادا

وكيفَ تُناكِرُ الأرضُ القَتادا

Shall I disown them, when their birthplace is my heart?

Shall I deny it and the place of its growth is my heart?

And how could the earth disown its thorn bushes?

And how can the land deny the rainclouds?

فأيّ النّاسِ أجْعَلُهُ صَديقا

فأيّ النّاسِ أجْعَلُهُ صَديقا

وأيّ الأرضِ أسْلُكُهُ ارْتِيادا

وأيّ الأرضِ أسْلُكُهُ ارْتِيادا

So whom among people shall I make a friend?

So who of mankind shall I make a friend?

And what land shall I traverse in quest?

And which land shall I tread frequently?

ولو أنّ النّجومَ لديّ مالٌ

ولو أنّ النّجومَ لديّ مالٌ

نَفَتْ كَفّايَ أكْثرَها انْتِقادا

نَفَتْ كَفّايَ أكْثرَها انْتِقادا

And if the stars were wealth in my possession,

And if I owned the stars’ wealth,

My two hands would reject most of them upon assay.

I would reject most of it being dispraised.

كأني في لِسانِ الدهْرِ لَفْظٌ

كأني في لِسانِ الدهْرِ لَفْظٌ

تَضَمّنَ منه أغْراضاً بِعادا

تَضَمّنَ منه أغْراضاً بِعادا

As though I were a word upon Time's tongue,

It is as if I am a word in the tongue of fate,

Containing far-reaching purposes drawn from it.

Which contained remote meanings.

يُكَرّرُني ليَفَهَمَني رِجالٌ

يُكَرّرُني ليَفَهَمَني رِجالٌ

كما كَرّرْتَ مَعْنىً مُسْتَعادا

كما كَرّرْتَ مَعْنىً مُسْتَعادا

It repeats me so that men may understand me,

Men repeat me so they understand me,

As you repeated a meaning asked for again.

As you repeat a recovered meaning.

ولو أنّي حُبِيتُ الخُلْدَ فَرْداً

ولو أنّي حُبِيتُ الخُلْدَ فَرْداً

لمَا أحبَبْتُ بالخُلْدِ انفِرادا

لمَا أحبَبْتُ بالخُلْدِ انفِرادا

And were I alone granted immortality,

And if I loved immortality alone,

I would not love solitude in immortality.

I would not have loved immortality in isolation.

فلا هَطَلَتْ عَلَيّ ولا بأرْضي

فلا هَطَلَتْ عَلَيّ ولا بأرْضي

سَحائبُ ليسَ تنْتَظِمُ البِلادا

سَحائبُ ليسَ تنْتَظِمُ البِلادا

May no rain fall on me, nor upon my land,

The clouds did not pour upon me or my land,

From clouds that do not encompass all lands.

That do not cover all the countries equally.

وكم مِن طالِبٍ أمَدي سيَلْقى

وكم مِن طالِبٍ أمَدي سيَلْقى

دُوَيْنَ مَكانيَ السبْعَ الشّدادا

دُوَيْنَ مَكانيَ السبْعَ الشّدادا

And many a seeker of my reach will meet

And how many seekers after me will face

The seven mighty heavens just below my station.

In my place the seven severe ones.

يُؤجِّجُ في شُعاعِ الشمسِ ناراً

يُؤجِّجُ في شُعاعِ الشمسِ ناراً

ويَقْدَحُ في تَلَهّبِها زِنادا

ويَقْدَحُ في تَلَهّبِها زِنادا

He kindles a fire amid the sun's rays,

Kindling in the sun’s rays a fire,

And strikes firesticks within its blaze.

And striking the flint to ignite it.

ويَطْعَنُ في عُلايَ وإنّ شِسْعي

ويَطْعَنُ في عُلايَ وإنّ شِسْعي

لَيَأنَفُ أن يكونَ له نِجادا

لَيَأنَفُ أن يكونَ له نِجادا

And assails my eminence, though my sandal-strap

Assailing my height, while my ambition

Would surely scorn to be his sword-baldric.

Disdains to have him as a confidant.

ويُظْهِرُ لي مَوَدّتَهُ مَقالا

ويُظْهِرُ لي مَوَدّتَهُ مَقالا

ويُبْغِضُني ضَميراً واعْتِقادا

ويُبْغِضُني ضَميراً واعْتِقادا

And displays his affection for me in words,

And he shows me his friendship in words,

And hates me inwardly and in conviction.

While hating me in conscience and belief.

فلا وأبيكَ ما أخْشَى انتِقاضاً

فلا وأبيكَ ما أخْشَى انتِقاضاً

ولا وأبيكَ ما أرْجو ازْديادا

ولا وأبيكَ ما أرْجو ازْديادا

No, by your father, I fear no diminution,

No, by your father, I do not fear decline,

Nor, by your father, do I hope for increase.

No, by your father, I do not hope for increase.

ليَ الشّرَفُ الّذي يَطَأُ الثُريّا

ليَ الشّرَفُ الّذي يَطَأُ الثُريّا

معَ الفَضْلِ الذي بَهَرَ العِبادا

معَ الفَضْلِ الذي بَهَرَ العِبادا

Mine is the eminence that treads upon the Pleiades,

Mine is the nobility that the noble person walks on,

Along with the excellence that dazzled humankind.

With the excellence that dazzled people.

وكم عَيْنٍ تُؤَمّلُ أن تَراني

وكم عَيْنٍ تُؤَمّلُ أن تَراني

وتَفْقِدُ عندَ رؤيَتِيَ السّوادا

وتَفْقِدُ عندَ رؤيَتِيَ السّوادا

And many an eye hopes to behold me,

And how many eyes hope to see me,

Yet loses its dark pupil at the sight of me.

And when they do they miss the Pleiades.

ولو مَلأ السُّهى عَيْنَيْهِ مِنّي

ولو مَلأ السُّهى عَيْنَيْهِ مِنّي

أَبَرَّ على مَدَى زُحَلٍ وزادا

أَبَرَّ على مَدَى زُحَلٍ وزادا

Were al-Suha to fill both his eyes with me,

And if he filled his eyes with me,

He would surpass Saturn's reach, and go farther.

He would remain for the span of Suhail and more.

أفُلّ نَوائبَ الأيامِ وحْدي

أفُلّ نَوائبَ الأيامِ وحْدي

إذا جَمَعَتْ كَتائِبَها احْتِشادا

إذا جَمَعَتْ كَتائِبَها احْتِشادا

I alone blunt the calamities of the days,

I spend the adversities of days alone,

When they gather their battalions in force.

When its battalions gather fully.

وقدْ أَثْبَتُّ رِجْلي في رِكابٍ

وقدْ أَثْبَتُّ رِجْلي في رِكابٍ

جَعَلْتُ من الزَّماعِ له بَدَادا

جَعَلْتُ من الزَّماعِ له بَدَادا

And I have planted my foot in a stirrup

And I have stood firmly in stirrups

For which I made a saddle-pad of resolve.

Making the bridles for them reins.

إذا أوْطَأتُها قَدَمَيْ سُهَيْلٍ

إذا أوْطَأتُها قَدَمَيْ سُهَيْلٍ

فلا سُقِيَتْ خُناصِرَةُ العِهادا

فلا سُقِيَتْ خُناصِرَةُ العِهادا

If I make them tread upon Suhayl's two feet,

When my two feet press down on them,

Then may Khunasira receive no recurring rains.

The girths of encirclement are not watered.

كأنّ ظِماءَهُنّ بناتُ نَعْشٍ

كأنّ ظِماءَهُنّ بناتُ نَعْشٍ

يَرِدْنَ إذا وَرَدنا بِنا الثِّمادا

يَرِدْنَ إذا وَرَدنا بِنا الثِّمادا

Their thirsty ones seem the Daughters of Na'sh,

As if their thirst were the daughters of a bier,

Coming with us to the scant pools whenever we come to water.

That come to us when we come to them with the water-skin.

ستَعْجَبُ من تَغَشْمُرِها لَيالٍ

ستَعْجَبُ من تَغَشْمُرِها لَيالٍ

تُبارِينا كواكبُها سُهادا

تُبارِينا كواكبُها سُهادا

Nights will marvel at their headlong boldness,

The dark nights will be amazed by their gloom,

Their stars vying with us in wakefulness.

With their stars keeping us company in wakefulness.

كأنّ فِجاجَها فَقَدَتْ حَبيباً

كأنّ فِجاجَها فَقَدَتْ حَبيباً

فصَيّرَتِ الظّلامَ لها حِدادا

فصَيّرَتِ الظّلامَ لها حِدادا

As though their passes had lost a beloved,

As if their thick darkness lost a beloved,

And turned the darkness into their mourning garb.

So it made the darkness its mourning clothes.

وقد كتَبَ الضّريبُ بها سُطوراً

وقد كتَبَ الضّريبُ بها سُطوراً

فخِلْتَ الأرضَ لابِسَةً بِجادا

فخِلْتَ الأرضَ لابِسَةً بِجادا

And frost has written lines across them,

And fate had written on it lines,

So you thought the earth was wearing a striped cloak.

So the earth wore blackness.

كأنّ الزِّبْرِقانَ بها أسيرٌ

كأنّ الزِّبْرِقانَ بها أسيرٌ

تُجُنِّبَ لا يُفَكُّ ولا يُفادى

تُجُنِّبَ لا يُفَكُّ ولا يُفادى

As though the full moon there were a captive,

As if Sirius the bright star was a prisoner in it,

Kept apart, neither freed nor ransomed.

In chains neither to be released nor ransomed.

وبعضُ الظاعِنينَ كقَرْنِ شَمْسٍ

وبعضُ الظاعِنينَ كقَرْنِ شَمْسٍ

يَغيبُ فإنْ أضاء الفَجْرُ عادا

يَغيبُ فإنْ أضاء الفَجْرُ عادا

And some who depart are like the sun's rim:

And some of the lost ones like the sun’s horn

It vanishes, then returns when dawn shines.

Disappear, and if dawn shines they return.

ولكِنّي الشّبابُ إذا تَوَلّى

ولكِنّي الشّبابُ إذا تَوَلّى

فجَهْلٌ أنْ تَرومَ له ارْتِدادا

فجَهْلٌ أنْ تَرومَ له ارْتِدادا

But I am youth: once it has gone,

But I am youth, so when it turns away,

It is folly to seek its return.

Ignorance is to expect its return.

وأحْسَبُ أنّ قَلْبي لو عَصاني

وأحْسَبُ أنّ قَلْبي لو عَصاني

فَعاوَدَ ما وَجَدْتُ له افْتِقادا

فَعاوَدَ ما وَجَدْتُ له افْتِقادا

And I think that, if my heart disobeyed me

And I reckon if my heart disobeyed me,

And then returned, I would not have missed it.

And returned what I used to miss it.

تذكَّرْتُ البِداوَةَ في أُناسٍ

تذكَّرْتُ البِداوَةَ في أُناسٍ

تَخالُ رَبيعَهُمْ سَنَةً جَمادا

تَخالُ رَبيعَهُمْ سَنَةً جَمادا

I recalled desert life among a people

I remembered the uncouthness in people,

Whose spring you would mistake for a barren year.

Whose spring appears to them a dry year.

يَصيدونَ الفَوَارِسَ كلَّ يومٍ

يَصيدونَ الفَوَارِسَ كلَّ يومٍ

كما تَتَصَيّدُ الأُسْدُ النِّقادا

كما تَتَصَيّدُ الأُسْدُ النِّقادا

They hunt horsemen every day,

They hunt cavaliers every day,

As lions hunt small sheep.

As the lion hunts the impala.

طلَعْتُ عليهِمْ واليوْمُ طِفْلٌ

طلَعْتُ عليهِمْ واليوْمُ طِفْلٌ

كأنّ على مَشارِقِهِ جِسادا

كأنّ على مَشارِقِهِ جِسادا

I appeared among them while the day was an infant,

I was born to them and the day was a child,

As though red dye lay upon its eastern horizons.

As if its horizons were bodies.

إذا نَزَلَ الضّيوفُ ولم يُريحُوا

إذا نَزَلَ الضّيوفُ ولم يُريحُوا

كرامَ سَوامِهمْ عَقَروا الجِيادا

كرامَ سَوامِهمْ عَقَروا الجِيادا

When guests arrive before they have brought home

When the guests descended and did not rest,

Their choicest grazing herds, they slaughter fine horses.

They hamstrung their mounts.

بُناةُ الشِّعْرِ ما أكْفَوْا رَوِيّاً

بُناةُ الشِّعْرِ ما أكْفَوْا رَوِيّاً

ولا عَرَفوا الإجازَةَ والسِّنادا

ولا عَرَفوا الإجازَةَ والسِّنادا

Builders of verse, they never confused similar rhyme-consonants,

The builders of poetry did not suffice as transmitters,

Nor knew dissimilar rhyme mismatches or pre-rhyme discord.

Nor did they know authorization or chains of transmission.

عَهِدْتُ لأحْسَنِ الحَيّيْنِ وَجْهاً

عَهِدْتُ لأحْسَنِ الحَيّيْنِ وَجْهاً

وأوْهَبِهِمْ طريفاً أو تِلادا

وأوْهَبِهِمْ طريفاً أو تِلادا

I pledged myself to the fairest-faced of the two clans,

I knew the best of people in face,

And their most lavish giver of new or inherited wealth,

And most generous of them in entertainment or newborn child.

وأطْوَلِهِمْ إذا ركِبوا قَناةً

وأطْوَلِهِمْ إذا ركِبوا قَناةً

وأرْفَعِهِمْ إذا نزَلوا عِمادا

وأرْفَعِهِمْ إذا نزَلوا عِمادا

And the longest of spear among them when they ride,

The tallest of them when they rode the canals,

And the highest of tent-pole when they alight:

And most towering when they descended ropes.

فتىً يَهَبُ اللُّجَيْنَ المَحضَ جوداً

فتىً يَهَبُ اللُّجَيْنَ المَحضَ جوداً

ويَدَّخِرُ الحديدَ له عَتادا

ويَدَّخِرُ الحديدَ له عَتادا

A young man who freely gives pure silver,

A young man who pours forth pure generosity,

And stores iron for his equipment.

And stores iron for his equipment.

ويَلْبَسُ من جُلودِ عِداهُ سِبْتاً

ويَلْبَسُ من جُلودِ عِداهُ سِبْتاً

ويَرْفَعُ من رُؤوسِهِمُ النِّضَادا

ويَرْفَعُ من رُؤوسِهِمُ النِّضَادا

And wears leather tanned from his enemies' skins,

And he wears from the skins of his enemies a coat of mail,

And stacks their heads in heaps.

And carries from their heads as banner poles.

أبَنَّ الغَزْوَ مُكْتَهِلاً وبَدْرا

أبَنَّ الغَزْوَ مُكْتَهِلاً وبَدْرا

وعُوّدَ أنْ يَسودَ ولا يُسادا

وعُوّدَ أنْ يَسودَ ولا يُسادا

He has clung to raiding in maturity and youthful prime,

He scorned raiding as a mature warrior,

And was accustomed to rule, never to be ruled.

And was trained to rule and not be ruled.

جَهولٌ بالمَناسِكِ ليس يَدري

جَهولٌ بالمَناسِكِ ليس يَدري

أغَيّاً باتَ يَفْعَلُ أم رَشادا

أغَيّاً باتَ يَفْعَلُ أم رَشادا

Ignorant of sacred rites, he does not know

Ignorant of the rituals, he does not know

Whether he spends the night doing wrong or right.

Whether he did good or evil in the morning.

طَموحُ السّيفِ لا يخْشَى إلهاً

طَموحُ السّيفِ لا يخْشَى إلهاً

ولا يَرجو القِيامَةَ والمَعادا

ولا يَرجو القِيامَةَ والمَعادا

His sword reaches high; he fears no god,

The ambition of his sword does not fear a god,

Nor hopes for resurrection or the life to come.

Nor hopes for resurrection and the return.

ويَغْبِقُ أهْلَهُ لبَنَ الصّفايا

ويَغْبِقُ أهْلَهُ لبَنَ الصّفايا

ويَمْنَحُ قَوْتَ مُهْجَتِهِ الجَوادا

ويَمْنَحُ قَوْتَ مُهْجَتِهِ الجَوادا

And gives his family evening milk from choice milch-beasts,

He waters his family with the milk of fresh bowls,

And grants his steed the food that sustains his own life.

And gives the vigor of his sword edge to the steeds.

يَذودُ سَخاؤُهَ الأذْوادَ عنه

يَذودُ سَخاؤُهَ الأذْوادَ عنه

ويُحْسِنُ عن حرائِبِهِ الذِّيادا

ويُحْسِنُ عن حرائِبِهِ الذِّيادا

His generosity drives the small camel herds away from him,

His generosity wards adversity away from him,

And he excels at defending his cherished possessions.

And he treats well those seeking his protection.

يَرُدّ بتُرْسِهِ النّكْباءَ عنّي

يَرُدّ بتُرْسِهِ النّكْباءَ عنّي

ويجْعَلُ دِرْعَهُ تحْتي مِهادا

ويجْعَلُ دِرْعَهُ تحْتي مِهادا

With his shield he keeps the crosswind off me,

With his shield he repels setbacks from me,

And makes his mail a bed beneath me.

And makes his coat of mail under me a mattress.

فبِتُّ وإنّما ألْقَى خَيَالاً

فبِتُّ وإنّما ألْقَى خَيَالاً

كمَنْ يَلْقَى الأسِنّةَ والصِّعادا

كمَنْ يَلْقَى الأسِنّةَ والصِّعادا

So I spent the night, though I met only a phantom,

So I spent the night while having cast just a mirage,

Like one who faces spearheads and straight lances.

Like one who casts evil omens and sparks.

وأطْلَسَ مُخْلِقِ السِّرْبالِ يَبْغي

وأطْلَسَ مُخْلِقِ السِّرْبالِ يَبْغي

نَوافِلَنا صَلاحاً أو فَسادا

نَوافِلَنا صَلاحاً أو فَسادا

And a gray wolf, his coat threadbare, seeks

The mocker of my sirwal wanted to take away

Our bounty, by fair means or foul.

Our supererogatory acts for reform or corruption.

كأنّي إذْ نَبَذْتُ له عِصاماً

كأنّي إذْ نَبَذْتُ له عِصاماً

وَهَبْتُ له المَطِيّةَ والمَزَادا

وَهَبْتُ له المَطِيّةَ والمَزَادا

As though, when I tossed him a waterskin-strap,

It was as if when I threw him a whip

I had given him the mount and the waterskins.

And granted him transportation and provision.

وبَالي الجِسْمِ كالذّكَرِ اليَماني

وبَالي الجِسْمِ كالذّكَرِ اليَماني

أفُلّ به اليَمانِيَةَ الحِدادا

أفُلّ به اليَمانِيَةَ الحِدادا

And a worn-bodied mount, like a Yemeni steel blade,

The problem of my body is like the male ostrich,

With which I blunt the sharp Yemeni blades.

I sent away the female ostriches in mourning with it.

طَرَحْتُ له الوَضِينَ فخِلْتُ أني

طَرَحْتُ له الوَضِينَ فخِلْتُ أني

طرَحْتُ له الحَشِيّةَ والوِسادا

طرَحْتُ له الحَشِيّةَ والوِسادا

I tossed him the plaited saddle-girth, and thought that I

I relinquished to him the saddle cushions, so I thought

Had tossed him a mattress and a pillow.

I relinquished to him the mattress and pillows.

وَلي نَفْسٌ تَحُلّ بيَ الرّوابي

وَلي نَفْسٌ تَحُلّ بيَ الرّوابي

وتأبَى أنْ تَحُلّ بيَ الوِهادا

وتأبَى أنْ تَحُلّ بيَ الوِهادا

And mine is a soul that lodges me on the heights,

And I have a soul that carries me to high places,

And refuses to lodge me in the hollows.

And refuses to carry me to low places.

تَمُدّ لتَقْبِضَ القَمَرَينِ كَفّا

تَمُدّ لتَقْبِضَ القَمَرَينِ كَفّا

وتَحْمِلُ كيْ تَبُذّ النجْمَ زادا

وتَحْمِلُ كيْ تَبُذّ النجْمَ زادا

It stretches out a hand to seize the sun and moon,

It extends its hand to grasp the two moons,

And carries provisions to outstrip the stars.

And carries so it can cast the star as provision.