أَنفت من الضيمِ الذي لو رئمتُه

أَنفت من الضيمِ الذي لو رئمتُه

لكنتُ ذُرى سَهْلان غَرَّتْ مناكِبُهْ

لكنتُ ذُرى سَهْلان غَرَّتْ مناكِبُهْ

I scorned the oppression which, had I accepted it,

I averted from the oppression which if I despised

I would have been Sahlān’s peaks, deceived by its shoulders.

I would have been a rolling plain with ears laid back

فأصبحتُ بعد العزِّ أَرضى بمنزلٍ

فأصبحتُ بعد العزِّ أَرضى بمنزلٍ

يُجانبني فيه الذي لا أجانبُهْ

يُجانبني فيه الذي لا أجانبُهْ

So, after glory, I am now content with a place

So after honor I became content with an abode

where the one I do not shun shuns me.

That adjoins me in which is he whom I do not adjoin

أعاتبكم لا أَبتغي خجلاتكم

أعاتبكم لا أَبتغي خجلاتكم

ومن ذا سِواكم في الأَنام أُعاتُبْه

ومن ذا سِواكم في الأَنام أُعاتُبْه

I reproach you, not wishing to embarrass you;

I reproach you not seeking your shame

and whom among humankind, besides you, could I reproach?

And who else among the people would I reproach?

يَزور مديحي عِرضَه وتزورني

يَزور مديحي عِرضَه وتزورني

قوارصُه مسمومةٌ ومعاتِبُهْ

قوارصُه مسمومةٌ ومعاتِبُهْ

My praise visits his honor, while I am visited

My praise visits his honor while his

by his poisoned barbs and his reproaches.

Arrows visit me, poisoned and reproaching