أَأَغلِبُ هذا الدهرَ أَمْ هو غَالبي

أَأَغلِبُ هذا الدهرَ أَمْ هو غَالبي

وعزمي مَعي والمَشْرفيُّ مُصاحِبي

وعزمي مَعي والمَشْرفيُّ مُصاحِبي

Shall I overcome this age, or will it overcome me?

Shall I overcome this life or will it overcome me,

My resolve is with me, and the Mashrafi sword is my companion.

While my determination is with me and Al-Mushrifi accompanies me?

أَصُونُ ضُلوعي عن مُعَالجةِ الهَوى

أَصُونُ ضُلوعي عن مُعَالجةِ الهَوى

وأَتركُهَا نَصبَ الرماحِ النَّواشِبِ

وأَتركُهَا نَصبَ الرماحِ النَّواشِبِ

I shield my ribs from grappling with passion,

I protect my ribs from falling in love,

yet leave them a target for piercing spears.

And I leave that to the spears of brave knights.

وما العِزُّ الاَّ قطعةٌ من خَلائقي

وما العِزُّ الاَّ قطعةٌ من خَلائقي

وما المَجْدُ الاَّ اِربةٌ من مآربِي

وما المَجْدُ الاَّ اِربةٌ من مآربِي

Honor is only a part of my character,

Honor is but a part of my nature,

and glory only one desire among my desires.

And glory is just one of my goals.

وتَزعمُ يا قلبي بأَنَّكَ صَاحبي

وتَزعمُ يا قلبي بأَنَّكَ صَاحبي

وأَنتَ سِنانٌ في الحَشا والتَّرائِبِ

وأَنتَ سِنانٌ في الحَشا والتَّرائِبِ

You claim, my heart, that you are my companion,

And you, my heart, claim that you are my companion,

yet you are a spearhead in my innards and breastbones.

While you are just a grindstone amid thorns and tribulations.

فلولا الذي أَمسيتَ مَنزِلَ سِرِّةِ

فلولا الذي أَمسيتَ مَنزِلَ سِرِّةِ

سكبتُكَ ما بينَ الدموعِ السَّواكِبِ

سكبتُكَ ما بينَ الدموعِ السَّواكِبِ

Were it not for the one whose secret you have come to house,

Were it not for the one whose secret dwelling you have become,

I would pour you out amid the streaming tears.

I would have poured you amid the falling tears.

لكَ الويلُ ما هذا التَمَلمُلُ والأسى

لكَ الويلُ ما هذا التَمَلمُلُ والأسى

على اِثرِ مفقودٍ من العيشِ ذَاهِبِ

على اِثرِ مفقودٍ من العيشِ ذَاهِبِ

Woe to you! What is this restlessness and sorrow

Woe to you! What is this anxiety and sorrow

in the wake of some lost pleasure of life now gone?

Over something lost from life and gone?

وما العَيْشُ الا سَدُّكَ الجوَّ بالثَّري

وما العَيْشُ الا سَدُّكَ الجوَّ بالثَّري

وَسَدُّ الثَّري بالمقرباتِ السَّلاهِبِ

وَسَدُّ الثَّري بالمقرباتِ السَّلاهِبِ

What is life but your filling the sky with dust,

What is life but to fill your stomach with wealth

and filling the earth with prized, long-bodied steeds,

And fill wealth with slaves and maidservants?

وتَصْييرُ تِيجَانِ الجَبابرةِ الذرى

وتَصْييرُ تِيجَانِ الجَبابرةِ الذرى

مقاعدَ أولادِ الاماءِ الحواطِبِ

مقاعدَ أولادِ الاماءِ الحواطِبِ

and turning the towering crowns of tyrants

And to make the crowns of emperors into seats

into seats for the children of wood-gathering slave women?

For the children of slave women and singing girls?

شَرِقْتُ على دَارِ الحبيبِ بأَدمعي

شَرِقْتُ على دَارِ الحبيبِ بأَدمعي

وقد شَرِقَتْ أَطلالُها بالمَصَائِبِ

وقد شَرِقَتْ أَطلالُها بالمَصَائِبِ

I choked on my tears at my beloved's dwelling,

I rose at the abode of the beloved with my tears,

while its ruins choked on calamities.

While its ruins have risen with calamities.

اذا لَعِبَتْ أَيدي الرياحِ بتُربِهَا

اذا لَعِبَتْ أَيدي الرياحِ بتُربِهَا

فَتَقْنَ فتيتَ المِسْكِ بينَ المَلاعِبِ

فَتَقْنَ فتيتَ المِسْكِ بينَ المَلاعِبِ

When the hands of the winds played with its dust,

When the winds play with its soil,

they released powdered musk among the playgrounds.

The musk is crushed between playthings.

ألا يا خليلَ القلبِ دونَ حِجَابِهِ

ألا يا خليلَ القلبِ دونَ حِجَابِهِ

خَليلُكَ لا يَلقى هَواكَ بحَاجِبِ

خَليلُكَ لا يَلقى هَواكَ بحَاجِبِ

O friend of my heart, within its veil,

O intimate of the heart without its veil,

your friend meets your love with no doorkeeper in the way.

Your intimate does not meet your love with a frown.

أَعنّي بسيفٍ أَو بعُذرٍ تَقُولهُ

أَعنّي بسيفٍ أَو بعُذرٍ تَقُولهُ

والا فأَنتَ اليومَ عونُ النَّوائِبِ

والا فأَنتَ اليومَ عونُ النَّوائِبِ

Help me with a sword, or with an excuse you offer;

Help me with a sword or an excuse you can make,

otherwise, today you aid calamities.

Otherwise today you are the helper of tribulations.

تقولُ ليَ الأيامُ خَوَّلْتُكَ الغِنَى

تقولُ ليَ الأيامُ خَوَّلْتُكَ الغِنَى

وهلْ أَنا آخذْ مِثْلُ واهِبِ

وهلْ أَنا آخذْ مِثْلُ واهِبِ

The days tell me, 'I have endowed you with wealth.'

The days tell me, “I have appointed you rich,”

But am I, a taker, the equal of a giver?

But am I one who takes anything like a giver?

أُشرِّفُها بالأَخذِ منها لأَنَّهُ

أُشرِّفُها بالأَخذِ منها لأَنَّهُ

يُشَرِقُنِي في أَخْذِهِ كلُّ راغِبِ

يُشَرِقُنِي في أَخْذِهِ كلُّ راغِبِ

I honor them by taking from them, because

I ennoble them by taking from them, for

every eager seeker chokes me in taking it.

Every aspirant shines when he takes from them.

أَعُدُّ نُجُومَ الليلِ والرملَ والحَصَى

أَعُدُّ نُجُومَ الليلِ والرملَ والحَصَى

ولكنني أَعيا بِعَدِّ العَجَائِبِ

ولكنني أَعيا بِعَدِّ العَجَائِبِ

I count the stars of night, the sand, and the pebbles,

I count the stars of the night, the sand, and the pebbles,

but counting wonders wearies me.

But I tire counting the wonders.

زَماني زَمانٌ قَدْ زَمِنَّ صُروفُهُ

زَماني زَمانٌ قَدْ زَمِنَّ صُروفُهُ

بصَبري فما يطلُبنَ غيرَ مَطَالِبي

بصَبري فما يطلُبنَ غيرَ مَطَالِبي

My age is an age whose turns have been crippled

My time is a time whose turns

by my endurance, so they seek only what I seek.

Have grown old, but my patience does not seek but my requests.

تَعَوَّدَ منَي كلَّما جَر نكبةً

تَعَوَّدَ منَي كلَّما جَر نكبةً

تلقيتُها من صَرفِه بالمَرَاحِبِ

تلقيتُها من صَرفِه بالمَرَاحِبِ

It has grown accustomed to this from me: whenever it brings a disaster,

Whenever it dragged me into misfortune,

I receive the turn it sends with welcomes,

I faced it with acceptance and calm.

كما يتلقَّى صاعدٌ مُسْتَميحهُ

كما يتلقَّى صاعدٌ مُسْتَميحهُ

والا كما يلقي صُدورَ الكتائِبِ

والا كما يلقي صُدورَ الكتائِبِ

as Ṣāʿid receives a seeker of his bounty,

As one who climbs up a ladder accepts what is handed to him,

or else as he meets the fronts of battalions.

Or as the squadrons of horsemen accept their fallen.

فتَى الجُودِ لا تَسْأَلْهُ نَزْراً فانَّهُ

فتَى الجُودِ لا تَسْأَلْهُ نَزْراً فانَّهُ

يَرى البَحْرَ لا يكفي عَطاءً لِشَارِبِ

يَرى البَحْرَ لا يكفي عَطاءً لِشَارِبِ

A man of generosity—ask him for no paltry sum, for he

So O young man of generosity, do not ask him for a pittance, for he

thinks the sea insufficient bounty for a drinker.

Sees the sea as insufficient to quench the thirst of a drinker.

يَجُود بما يُعطيك أَرضكَ كلها

يَجُود بما يُعطيك أَرضكَ كلها

فتحسَبه أَعطاكَ بعضَ السَّحَائِبِ

فتحسَبه أَعطاكَ بعضَ السَّحَائِبِ

He gives generously, granting you your land in its entirety,

He is generous with what gives you all your land,

and you think he has given you some of the clouds.

Yet you reckon he has only given you some clouds.

وما مرَّ يومٌ لم تعانقْ سيوفُهُ

وما مرَّ يومٌ لم تعانقْ سيوفُهُ

نُحُورَ الأَعادي أَو نُحورَ الركائِبِ

نُحُورَ الأَعادي أَو نُحورَ الركائِبِ

Not a day has passed without his swords embracing

No day has passed when his swords

the throats of enemies or the necks of riding camels.

Did not embrace the necks of the enemies or the necks of fate.

أُبايعُ في أَقلامهِ كلَّ حَاسِدٍ

أُبايعُ في أَقلامهِ كلَّ حَاسِدٍ

يقيس شَبَاهاً بالمَنايا الشَّواعِبِ

يقيس شَبَاهاً بالمَنايا الشَّواعِبِ

I wager with every envier over his pens,

I pledge to every envious person in his writings

who compares their points with death that sunders.

Who compares my merits to the high calamities of death.

فانْ لم تكن أَمضى من الموتِ في الوَرى

فانْ لم تكن أَمضى من الموتِ في الوَرى

فقلتُ العَوالي مثلُها في المَناصِبِ

فقلتُ العَوالي مثلُها في المَناصِبِ

If they are not sharper than death among mortals,

For if you are not more decisive than death in the world,

then I said: 'Tall spears are their equal in rank.'

Then I say fortunes are like it in positions.

ذكرتُكَ لما أَنكرَ السيفُ جفنَه

ذكرتُكَ لما أَنكرَ السيفُ جفنَه

وجرَّرَ ذيلَ الحَربِ فوقَ الغَواَرِبِ

وجرَّرَ ذيلَ الحَربِ فوقَ الغَواَرِبِ

I remembered you when the sword disowned its sheath

I remembered you when the sword refused to close its eyelid

and dragged war's train over the withers.

And dragged the tail of war over the dust.

وهل أَنتَ الاَّ الهُندُ واني لاتَني

وهل أَنتَ الاَّ الهُندُ واني لاتَني

مضَاربُه مَشْغُوفةً بالضَّرائِب

مضَاربُه مَشْغُوفةً بالضَّرائِب

Are you not the Hinduwani sword, whose untiring

Are you not India while I am its defender,

cutting edges are enamored of their targets?

Whose abodes are preoccupied with taxes?

وَبَحْر دَمٍ هامُ الرجَالِ حُبَابُهُ

وَبَحْر دَمٍ هامُ الرجَالِ حُبَابُهُ

وخيلُهم في لُجةٍ كالمَراكِبِ

وخيلُهم في لُجةٍ كالمَراكِبِ

And a sea of blood, men's heads its foam,

A sea of blood, the men are its bubbles,

their horses in its depths like ships;

And their horses are in a surge like ships.

ترفعُ شُرعُ الموت في جَنَباتِهِ

ترفعُ شُرعُ الموت في جَنَباتِهِ

اذا ارتفعتْ فيه رياحْ القَواضِبِ

اذا ارتفعتْ فيه رياحْ القَواضِبِ

death's sails are hoisted along its sides

The sails of death are raised in its sides

when the winds of cleaving swords rise within it.

Whenever the winds of destruction are raised in it.

وَيَغْرَقُ في تَيَّارهِ كلُّ سَابِحٍ

وَيَغْرَقُ في تَيَّارهِ كلُّ سَابِحٍ

أَقمتَ به الاقدامَ عندَ التَّضَارُبِ

أَقمتَ به الاقدامَ عندَ التَّضَارُبِ

Every swimmer drowns in its current—

And every swimmer drowns in its currents -

you planted your feet in it when blows were exchanged.

You established feet there during clashes.

ويوم عليهِ للكلامِ تلاطُمٌ

ويوم عليهِ للكلامِ تلاطُمٌ

تلاطمُ موج اللجَّةِ المُتَراكِبِ

تلاطمُ موج اللجَّةِ المُتَراكِبِ

And on a day when words clashed,

And a day in which words clash against it turbulently

with the clash of the deep's piled-up waves,

With the turbulence of surging waves colliding.

طعنتَ بفصلِ القولِ فيه كأَنَّما

طعنتَ بفصلِ القولِ فيه كأَنَّما

طعنتَ بصَدْرِ الرمحِ قلبَ المُخَاطِبِ

طعنتَ بصَدْرِ الرمحِ قلبَ المُخَاطِبِ

you thrust with decisive speech, as though

You stabbed with the phrase amidst it as if

you had thrust a spear's tip into your interlocutor's heart.

You stabbed the heart of the addressee with the chest of a spear.

أَلستَ من القوم الذينَ أكفهم

أَلستَ من القوم الذينَ أكفهم

أَحدُّ من البيضِ الرقاقِ المَضَارِبِ

أَحدُّ من البيضِ الرقاقِ المَضَارِبِ

Are you not of a people whose hands

Are you not of the people whose palms

are sharper than white swords with slender cutting edges?

Are sharper than white thin swords in striking?

تَخِرُّ الجبالُ الشُّمُ عند ندَائِهم

تَخِرُّ الجبالُ الشُّمُ عند ندَائِهم

وتقصُرُ عن أَعناقهم والمناكِبِ

وتقصُرُ عن أَعناقهم والمناكِبِ

The lofty mountains fall at their call

Mountains bow low at their call

and fall short of their necks and shoulders.

And necks and litters become too short for them.

فلا تَجْعَلَنّي كالذينَ رَأَيتَهم

فلا تَجْعَلَنّي كالذينَ رَأَيتَهم

وَمَنْ يَجْعَلُ الأَقدامَ مثلَ الذَّوائِبِ

وَمَنْ يَجْعَلُ الأَقدامَ مثلَ الذَّوائِبِ

Do not put me among those you have seen—

So do not make me like those whom you have seen

who would make feet equal to forelocks?

Who make legs like wandering camels.

اذا أَبصروني نكَّسوا فكأنَّما

اذا أَبصروني نكَّسوا فكأنَّما

شواربُهم مَضْفُورةٌ بالحَواجِبِ

شواربُهم مَضْفُورةٌ بالحَواجِبِ

When they see me, they bow their heads, as though

When they see me, they turn away sullenly as if

their mustaches were braided to their eyebrows.

Their moustaches are knitted with frowns.

أَعيذُكَ مِنْ مولىً بطيءٍ عن النَّدى

أَعيذُكَ مِنْ مولىً بطيءٍ عن النَّدى

سريعٍ الى دَاعي الطعامِ مُكالِبِ

سريعٍ الى دَاعي الطعامِ مُكالِبِ

I seek protection for you from a patron slow to give,

I seek refuge from a slow master to kindness

quick to the summons to food, ravenous as a dog.

Who is quick to respond when food is served hungrily.

أَما ينتهي من أَول الزَّجرِ جاهِلٌ

أَما ينتهي من أَول الزَّجرِ جاهِلٌ

اذا هو لم يُضرَبْ فليس بتائِبِ

اذا هو لم يُضرَبْ فليس بتائِبِ

Does a fool not desist at the first rebuke?

Does not an ignorant man desist

If he is not beaten, he will not repent.

From his foolishness if he is not beaten, then he is no penitent?

وكنتُ اذا لم أُدْعَ للوِرْدِ لم أَرِدْ

وكنتُ اذا لم أُدْعَ للوِرْدِ لم أَرِدْ

ولو شَرِبَتْ روحي زُقَاقَ المَشَاربِ

ولو شَرِبَتْ روحي زُقَاقَ المَشَاربِ

When I was not invited to the watering place, I did not go,

I did not respond if I was not called to pray,

even if my soul drank skinsful of draughts.

Even if my soul drank from the street gutters.

أَبى ذاكَ عِزٌّ طالما وصلَ العُلا

أَبى ذاكَ عِزٌّ طالما وصلَ العُلا

وقطَّع غيظاً في صدورِ المعائِبِ

وقطَّع غيظاً في صدورِ المعائِبِ

A pride that had so often attained the heights forbade it,

That was pride, for long it reached highness

and tore fault-finders' breasts with rage.

And cut wrath in the chests of the envious.

وانكَ لو أَبصرتَني متبسماً

وانكَ لو أَبصرتَني متبسماً

أكرُّ على الأَيامِ من كل جانِبِ

أكرُّ على الأَيامِ من كل جانِبِ

If you could see me smiling,

If you saw me smiling,

charging at the days from every side,

Mocking the days from every side.

رأَيتَ فتىً سُمُّ الأَفاعي شَرابُه

رأَيتَ فتىً سُمُّ الأَفاعي شَرابُه

ومطعَمُهُ أطرافُ شَوكِ العَقَارِبِ

ومطعَمُهُ أطرافُ شَوكِ العَقَارِبِ

you would see a youth whose drink is vipers' venom,

You would have seen a young man whose drink is viper venom

whose food is the points of scorpions' stings,

And whose food is the edges of scorpion stings.

جليداً على ريبِ الزمانِ وصرفهِ

جليداً على ريبِ الزمانِ وصرفهِ

بصيراً بأَدواءِ الخطوبِ الغَرائِبِ

بصيراً بأَدواءِ الخطوبِ الغَرائِبِ

unflinching before time's uncertainties and turns,

Cool over the betrayals of time and its turns,

versed in the ailments of strange calamities.

Insightful of the remedies for strange tribulations.

كتمتُ مقالَ الشعرِ حتى أضرَّني

كتمتُ مقالَ الشعرِ حتى أضرَّني

وظنَّ المُعادي ظَنَّ كِسرى بحَاجِبِ

وظنَّ المُعادي ظَنَّ كِسرى بحَاجِبِ

I suppressed the utterance of poetry until it harmed me,

I concealed my poetic utterances until it harmed me,

and my enemy thought as Kisra thought of Hajib.

And the enemy guessed - guessed like Chosroes with his frown.

فانْ لم يكُنْ الاَّ التشهرُ باسمِهِ

فانْ لم يكُنْ الاَّ التشهرُ باسمِهِ

فهذا أَوانُ الطَّالِعَاتِ الثَّواقِبِ

فهذا أَوانُ الطَّالِعَاتِ الثَّواقِبِ

If nothing remains but gaining fame through his name,

If it were not but to become famous through his name,

then this is the hour of rising, piercing stars.

Then this is the time for penetrating stars.

سَأَبعَثُ في أرضِ العِراقِ قصيدةً

سَأَبعَثُ في أرضِ العِراقِ قصيدةً

يُصَلَّى الى أَبياتِها في المَحَارِبِ

يُصَلَّى الى أَبياتِها في المَحَارِبِ

I shall send forth a poem in the land of Iraq,

I will send forth in the land of Iraq a poem

toward whose verses prayers will be offered in sanctuaries.

To whose verses prayers are made during wars.

يُعَوّلُ عُلاَّنُ عليها ومَعْمَرٌ

يُعَوّلُ عُلاَّنُ عليها ومَعْمَرٌ

بما جَمَعَاهُ في كتابِ المَثَالِبِ

بما جَمَعَاهُ في كتابِ المَثَالِبِ

ʿAllan and Maʿmar rely upon it,

Al-'Ulā and Ma'mar will rely on it

with what both gathered in the Book of Faults.

With what they compiled in the book of parables.

باسماعِ أَملاكِ الطوائفِ وَقْعُهَا

باسماعِ أَملاكِ الطوائفِ وَقْعُهَا

يَشُدُّ على هاماتهم بالعَصَائِبِ

يَشُدُّ على هاماتهم بالعَصَائِبِ

Its impact in the ears of the factional kings

When read aloud to the rulers of dynasties, its impact

binds bandages tightly about their heads.

Will yoke their zeal with headbands.

عصيتُ القوافي وهي جِدُّ مُطِيْعَةٌ

عصيتُ القوافي وهي جِدُّ مُطِيْعَةٌ

وَقُمتُ على حَدٍّ من الحَقِّ لاحِبِ

وَقُمتُ على حَدٍّ من الحَقِّ لاحِبِ

I defied the rhymes, though they were utterly obedient,

I disobeyed the rhymes though they are obedient,

and stood upon a clear line of truth.

And I revolted against a limit of truth without lover.

أَشاوِرُ قَلباً فيكَ لو شاءَ عزمُهُ

أَشاوِرُ قَلباً فيكَ لو شاءَ عزمُهُ

وَقُمتُ على حَدٍّ من الحَقِّ لاحِبِ

وَقُمتُ على حَدٍّ من الحَقِّ لاحِبِ

I consult a heart about you; if its resolve should wish—

I consult a heart in you which, if it willed determination

and stood upon a clear line of truth.

And I revolted against a limit of truth without lover.

وقبلكَ ما التفَّتْ عليَّ ربيعةٌ

وقبلكَ ما التفَّتْ عليَّ ربيعةٌ

ببيضِ المَواضي والوجوهِ الشَّواحبِ

ببيضِ المَواضي والوجوهِ الشَّواحبِ

Before you, Rabiʿa had indeed rallied against me

Before you, Rabīʿah never glanced at me

with white, keen-edged swords and pallid faces.

With the whiteness of meadows and pale faces.

فاعرضتُ عن زلاَّتها وَمَنَحْتُهَا

فاعرضتُ عن زلاَّتها وَمَنَحْتُهَا

فصاحةَ عبد الوُدِّ رَبٍّ التَّجَارِبِ

فصاحةَ عبد الوُدِّ رَبٍّ التَّجَارِبِ

I turned away from its failings and bestowed upon it

So I turned away from their errors and granted them

the eloquence of ʿAbd al-Wudd, master of experience.

The eloquence of ʿAbd al-Wudd, Lord of experiences.

وقلتُ اذا كاتَبْتم الرومَ بعدهَا

وقلتُ اذا كاتَبْتم الرومَ بعدهَا

فَشدُّوا أَواخي كتبكم بالكَتائِبِ

فَشدُّوا أَواخي كتبكم بالكَتائِبِ

I said, 'If you write to the Romans after this,

And I said, "If you write to the Romans after it

secure your letters' tethering stakes with battalions.'

Then affix your letters with military units."

سَرى الليلَ طَلاَّبُ الذحولِ ولا أَرى

سَرى الليلَ طَلاَّبُ الذحولِ ولا أَرى

طلابكم الاَّ انتظارَ العَواقِبِ

طلابكم الاَّ انتظارَ العَواقِبِ

Seekers of vengeance traveled by night, but I see

The seekers of distinction travel the night while I do not see

your seeking as nothing but waiting for consequences.

Your seekers except awaiting consequences.

فلما أَبوا الاَّ الخلافَ تركتهم

فلما أَبوا الاَّ الخلافَ تركتهم

وأُسدُهم مأْسُورةٌ للثعالِبِ

وأُسدُهم مأْسُورةٌ للثعالِبِ

When they insisted on opposition alone, I left them,

So when they refused everything but disagreement, I left them

their lions held captive by foxes.

While their lion is shackled for the foxes.

فمن مبلغ آلِ المهلبِ أَنَّني

فمن مبلغ آلِ المهلبِ أَنَّني

أَلفتُهم في المجدِ اِلفَ الحَبائِبِ

أَلفتُهم في المجدِ اِلفَ الحَبائِبِ

Who will tell the house of al-Muhallab that I

Let the Āl Mahlab know that I

have cherished them in glory as dearly as loved ones?

Have befriended them in glory like intimate friends.

فآليتُ أَلاَّ أَمدحَ الدهرَ غيرَهم

فآليتُ أَلاَّ أَمدحَ الدهرَ غيرَهم

ولو عَرَضَ الأقوامُ لي بالرغائِبِ

ولو عَرَضَ الأقوامُ لي بالرغائِبِ

I swore to praise none but them as long as time lasts,

So I decided not to praise the times but them

even if others offered me coveted gifts.

Even if people tempted me with wishes.

هم سلَّموا دهري اليَّ فَشِلْوُهُ

هم سلَّموا دهري اليَّ فَشِلْوُهُ

لقاً بين أَنيابي وبينَ مَخَالبي

لقاً بين أَنيابي وبينَ مَخَالبي

They surrendered my age to me; its torn remains lie

They surrendered my life to me, so tear it apart

cast between my fangs and my claws.

Between my fangs and claws.

أُمزِّقُهُ ما مزَّقَتْني صُروفُهُ

أُمزِّقُهُ ما مزَّقَتْني صُروفُهُ

وآخذُ منه ثَارَ كلِّ مُطَالِبِ

وآخذُ منه ثَارَ كلِّ مُطَالِبِ

I tear it apart as its turns tore me apart,

I will shred it like its turns shredded me,

and exact from it every claimant's vengeance.

And take revenge on it for all my requests.