يَكفيكَ أُدماً سَليطٌ ماأُريقَ لَهُ

يَكفيكَ أُدماً سَليطٌ ماأُريقَ لَهُ

دَمٌ وَلا مَسَّ رَوحاً إِذ جَرى أَلَمُ

دَمٌ وَلا مَسَّ رَوحاً إِذ جَرى أَلَمُ

Oil suffices you as a relish; for it was shed no

Enough for you is a defamer running his mouth

Blood, nor did pain touch a soul as it flowed.

Whose blood was never shed, nor his soul touched when pain struck.

لَهُ فَضائِلُ مِنها فَقدُ كُلفَتِهِ

لَهُ فَضائِلُ مِنها فَقدُ كُلفَتِهِ

وَأَنَّهُ بِسَناهُ تَنجَلي الظُلَمُ

وَأَنَّهُ بِسَناهُ تَنجَلي الظُلَمُ

It has virtues, among them that it entails no burden,

He has some virtues - among them losing his wrap

And that by its radiance the darkness is dispelled.

And that his malice is dispelled by his teeth.

قالوا تُقُسُّمَ مَقتولٌ عَلى حَنَقٍ

قالوا تُقُسُّمَ مَقتولٌ عَلى حَنَقٍ

فَقُلتُ سِيّانِ كَلمُ المَيتِ وَالكَلِمُ

فَقُلتُ سِيّانِ كَلمُ المَيتِ وَالكَلِمُ

They said: a slain man was cut up in rage.

They said a dead man is carved up due to hatred.

So I said: wounding the dead and words are alike.

I said, "The speech of the dead is the same as of the speaker."

إِن وَدَّعوهُ فَما يَدري بِما صَنَعوا

إِن وَدَّعوهُ فَما يَدري بِما صَنَعوا

أَو قَطَّعوهُ فَما يَنتابُهُ أَلَمُ

أَو قَطَّعوهُ فَما يَنتابُهُ أَلَمُ

If they bid him farewell, he does not know what they have done;

If they bid him farewell, he knows not what they did.

Or if they cut him up, no pain assails him.

Or if they cut him up, no pain touches him.

وَرُبَّ أَزهَرَ يُلقى هامُهُ هَدَراً

وَرُبَّ أَزهَرَ يُلقى هامُهُ هَدَراً

كَما يُقَطُّ لِأَدنى عِلَّةٍ قَلَمُ

كَما يُقَطُّ لِأَدنى عِلَّةٍ قَلَمُ

And many a fair-faced man has his head cast away unavenged,

How often a blossom is cast aside negligently

Just as a pen is trimmed for the slightest reason.

As a pen is discarded for the slightest cause.