ياO مُهدِياًgift-giver أَهدَىgave as a gift المُدَىthe knives
يا مُهدِياً أَهدَى المُدَى
ذُقtaste منfrom هَدِيَّتِكَyour gift الرَّدَىdeath
ذُق من هَدِيَّتِكَ الرَّدَى
O gift-giver who gave knives,
Taste death from your own gift.
واجنِand reap القَطِيعةَestrangement إِنَّهَاindeed, it is
واجنِ القَطِيعةَ إِنَّهَا
ثمراتُfruits كُلِّof every مَنِone who اعتَدىtransgressed
ثمراتُ كُلِّ مَنِ اعتَدى
And reap estrangement, for it is
the fruit of all who transgress.
سَدَّدتَهاyou aimed them نَحوِيtoward me ولسand are not (first part)
سَدَّدتَها نَحوِي ولس
تَyou (completing لست) بِماin what أَتيتَyou did مُسدّداrightly guided
تَ بِما أَتيتَ مُسدّدا
You aimed them at me, yet you were not
right in what you did.
فاشرَقso choke بِحدِّكon your blade's edge لاnot (expressing a wish) فُديbe ransomed (first part)
فاشرَق بِحدِّك لا فُدي
تَyou (completing فُديت) ومنand who يَكونُwould be لَكَfor you الفِدَىthe ransom
تَ ومن يَكونُ لَكَ الفِدَى
So choke on your blade's edge—may no one ransom
you! And who would be your ransom?
واضرِبand strike بسَوطِكwith your whip ظهرَthe back of نَفself (first part)
واضرِب بسَوطِك ظهرَ نَف
سِكَyourself (completion) واتّخذand acquire عِنديwith me يَدَاa favor (literally, a hand)
سِكَ واتّخذ عِندي يَدَا
And with your whip strike the back of your own
self, and do me a kindness.
أَنتَyou الذِيthe one who لاno نُوكَfolly إلexcept (first part)
أَنتَ الذِي لا نُوكَ إل
لاcompletion of 'except' نوكُهُhis folly فِيمَاin what بَدَاhas appeared
لا نوكُهُ فِيمَا بَدَا
You are the one—there is no folly
but yours, so it appears.