تَدري الحَمامَةُ حينَ تَهتِفُ بِالضُحى

تَدري الحَمامَةُ حينَ تَهتِفُ بِالضُحى

أَنَّ الأَجادِلَ لا تُطيلُ جِدالَها

أَنَّ الأَجادِلَ لا تُطيلُ جِدالَها

The dove knows, when she calls in the forenoon,

The dove knows when it coos at dawn

that falcons do not prolong their quarrel with her.

That disputes don’t prolong their wrangling

وَهَدى لَها قَدرٌ أُتيحَ بِسُدفَةٍ

وَهَدى لَها قَدرٌ أُتيحَ بِسُدفَةٍ

صَقراً فَفَجَّعَ بِالهَديلِ هِدالَها

صَقراً فَفَجَّعَ بِالهَديلِ هِدالَها

And fate, ordained in the twilight, brought her

Destiny offered it a guide in the form

a falcon that bereaved her doves of the young dove.

Of a falcon that startles it with a screech

وَمَها الصَوّانِ أَدالَها مُتَخَتِّلٌ

وَمَها الصَوّانِ أَدالَها مُتَخَتِّلٌ

وَرَأى المَليكُ عَدُوَّها فَأَدالَها

وَرَأى المَليكُ عَدُوَّها فَأَدالَها

A stealthy hunter brought low the oryxes of the flinty rocks;

And the guardians of its nest pretend

the Sovereign saw their enemy and granted them victory.

To defend it while the king sees its foe and lets it fall

وَخَدى لِأَرضٍ بِالفَقيرِ نَجِيُّهُ

وَخَدى لِأَرضٍ بِالفَقيرِ نَجِيُّهُ

فَأَصابَ ثَروَتَها وَحازَ خِدالَها

فَأَصابَ ثَروَتَها وَحازَ خِدالَها

And his swift mount sped with the poor man toward a land;

A refugee flees to a poor land

then he gained its wealth and possessed its full-limbed women.

And seizes its riches and grasps its treasures