نَصبَ العَداوةَ حَاسِدوكَ فَأَعتَبوا

نَصبَ العَداوةَ حَاسِدوكَ فَأَعتَبوا

خِزْياً لألسنهمْ وَخفْضِ الشانِ

خِزْياً لألسنهمْ وَخفْضِ الشانِ

Those who envy you stirred up hostility and gave offense.

Your enviers have set enmity, and so

Shame upon their tongues, and abasement of their standing!

Brought shame upon their tongues and degradation.

فمتى أَراهُمْ قد مَوا ورُؤوسُهُمْ

فمتى أَراهُمْ قد مَوا ورُؤوسُهُمْ

مَرْفوعَةٌ بِعَوامِلِ المُرَّانِ

مَرْفوعَةٌ بِعَوامِلِ المُرَّانِ

So when shall I see them—[unclear wording in the source]—with their heads

Whenever I see them dead with severed heads

Raised on the points of ash-wood spears?

Hoisted on tent poles as admonition.