هِيَ الراحُ تُلقي الرُمحَ مِن راحَةِ الفَتى

هِيَ الراحُ تُلقي الرُمحَ مِن راحَةِ الفَتى

وَتُبدِلُ مِنهُ كَفَّهُ عودَ ناكِتِ

وَتُبدِلُ مِنهُ كَفَّهُ عودَ ناكِتِ

It is wine that casts the spear from the young man's palm,

She casts the spear with the ease of a young man

And gives his hand a ground-scratcher's stick in its place.

And replaces his palm with a swaying wand

وَقَد وَثَبَت في بَزلِها وَثبَ حَيَّةٍ

وَقَد وَثَبَت في بَزلِها وَثبَ حَيَّةٍ

وَما قُتِلَت إِلّا بِأَسوَدَ ساكِتِ

وَما قُتِلَت إِلّا بِأَسوَدَ ساكِتِ

And indeed, when tapped, it leapt with a serpent's leap,

She leaps up in her mantle with a serpent's spring

And was slain only by a silent black one.

And is slain only by the silently lurking lion