فأينَ يحيا فرار منكَ ذا حذرٍ

فأينَ يحيا فرار منكَ ذا حذرٍ

وقَبضتاكَ عليه السّهلُ والجبلُ

وقَبضتاكَ عليه السّهلُ والجبلُ

Where, then, can a wary fugitive from you survive,

So where can one flee from you and take precaution

when plain and mountain are your two fists upon him?

When your grasp captures them on plain and hill

مَن حادَ عادَ برأسٍ مالهُ جسد

مَن حادَ عادَ برأسٍ مالهُ جسد

غير القنا وهو ليس يحتمل

غير القنا وهو ليس يحتمل

Whoever turned aside returned with a head that had no body,

Whoever strays returns headless, just a body

save the spear-shafts—and it cannot be borne.

Other than a spear, which it cannot withstand

يلوحُ من دَمه في خَدِّه أَثَر

يلوحُ من دَمه في خَدِّه أَثَر

كأنَّ حمرَتَه في خَدَه خَجَلُ

كأنَّ حمرَتَه في خَدَه خَجَلُ

A trace of his blood shows upon his cheek,

On his cheek appears a trace of his blood

as though its redness on his cheek were a blush of shame.

As if the redness in his cheek was bashful