أَفدِي الَّذِي أرشَفَ المُقلينَ رِيقَتَهُ

أَفدِي الَّذِي أرشَفَ المُقلينَ رِيقَتَهُ

بِحَيثُ حُلِّىءَ عَن رَشفٍ مُريدوهُ

بِحَيثُ حُلِّىءَ عَن رَشفٍ مُريدوهُ

I would ransom him who let the needy sip his saliva,

I ransom the one whose spittle the misguided desired

where those who desired him were barred from sipping.

So that he may be adorned from the sipping of those who love him

غِرنَا فَقُلنَا أذِقهُ الحَتف قالَ لَنَا

غِرنَا فَقُلنَا أذِقهُ الحَتف قالَ لَنَا

لَولا تَرَجِّيهِ هَذَا لَم تَصِيدُوهَ

لَولا تَرَجِّيهِ هَذَا لَم تَصِيدُوهَ

We grew jealous and said, “Make him taste death.” He told us:

We were deceived so we said taste death, he said to us

Had he not hoped for this, you would not have caught him.

Had you not hoped for this, you would not have captured him

هَذَا جَبِينِي مُوَارىً وَهوَ مُنفَلِت

هَذَا جَبِينِي مُوَارىً وَهوَ مُنفَلِت

فإِن يَكَن عِندَكُم كَيدٌ فَكيدوه

فإِن يَكَن عِندَكُم كَيدٌ فَكيدوه

Here is my brow, concealed, while he slips away.

This is my forehead facing it while it is slipping away

So if you have a stratagem, then plot against him.

So if you have any plot, then plot against him