ياO هارِباًfugitive وَوَشيكand swift الطَعنِthe stabbing يَتبَعُهُfollows him
يا هارِباً وَوَشيك الطَعنِ يَتبَعُهُ
وَهَلand does تَطولُlast long حَياةُthe life الكَلبِof the dog إِنif كلِباit becomes rabid
وَهَل تَطولُ حَياةُ الكَلبِ إِن كلِبا
O fugitive, with a swift thrust pursuing you!
O fugitive, with stabs imminent, pursued,
And does a dog's life last long if it turns rabid?
Can a dog’s life be long, if it’s a cur?
إِنّيindeed I لأَعجَبُI truly marvel مِنat حاليmy state وَحالِكَand your state ياO
إِنّي لأَعجَبُ مِن حالي وَحالِكَ يا
هَذاyou there فَكُلُّfor all زَمانيmy time يَنقَضيpasses عَجَباin wonder
هَذا فَكُلُّ زَماني يَنقَضي عَجَبا
Indeed, I marvel at my state and yours, O
How strange my state and yours appear to me.
you there—for all my days pass in wonder.
My life ebbs out in wonder constantly.
سَرَرتنيyou delighted me حينَwhen كُنتَyou were الظَبيَthe gazelle مُلتَفِتاًlooking back
سَرَرتني حينَ كُنتَ الظَبيَ مُلتَفِتاً
وَقَدand indeed عَققتyou were ungrateful وَأَنتَwhile you are الكَلبُthe dog مُنقَلَباturning away
وَقَد عَققت وَأَنتَ الكَلبُ مُنقَلَبا
You delighted me when you were a gazelle looking back,
I joyed when you were a gazelle alert,
And you have been ungrateful, a dog turning away.
But now a hound inverted you desert.