لَحا اللَهُ مَلِكاً يَحتَويهِ اِبنُ مالِكٍ

لَحا اللَهُ مَلِكاً يَحتَويهِ اِبنُ مالِكٍ

وَعاجَلَهُ في ساحَةِ القَلعَةِ القَلعُ

وَعاجَلَهُ في ساحَةِ القَلعَةِ القَلعُ

May God curse a king held in Ibn Mālik’s grasp,

A king has been killed by the son of Malik

and may uprooting swiftly overtake him in the citadel’s courtyard.

And his corpse lies in the courtyard of the citadel

فَتىً لَستَ تَرجوهُ وَلَستَ تَخافُهُ

فَتىً لَستَ تَرجوهُ وَلَستَ تَخافُهُ

كَدودِ الخَلا ما فيهِ ضَرٌّ وَلا نَفعُ

كَدودِ الخَلا ما فيهِ ضَرٌّ وَلا نَفعُ

A youth in whom you place no hope and whom you do not fear,

A young man whom you neither hope for nor fear

like worms in the privy: in him is neither harm nor benefit.

Like worms in vinegar, neither harmful nor beneficial