باعَ أَباهُ المُستَنيرُ وَأُمَّهُ

باعَ أَباهُ المُستَنيرُ وَأُمَّهُ

بِأَشخابِ عَنزٍ بِئسَ رِبحُ المُبايِعِ

بِأَشخابِ عَنزٍ بِئسَ رِبحُ المُبايِعِ

Al-Mustanir sold his father and his mother

The enlightened one sold his father and mother

For spurts of a she-goat's milk—wretched is the seller's gain!

For flocks of goats - miserable is the profit of the seller

تَعَرَّضتَ لي مِن دونِ بَرزَةَ وَاِبنِها

تَعَرَّضتَ لي مِن دونِ بَرزَةَ وَاِبنِها

أَلُؤمَ اِبنَ لُؤمٍ يا دَعِيَّ البَلاتِعِ

أَلُؤمَ اِبنَ لُؤمٍ يا دَعِيَّ البَلاتِعِ

You challenged me in defense of Barza and her son,

You have confronted me without Barzah and her son

O baseness, son of baseness, O false kinsman of the Balatiʿ!

O son of an ignoble woman, O frequenter of ruins

نَهَيتُ بَناتِ المُستَنيرِ عَنِ الرُقى

نَهَيتُ بَناتِ المُستَنيرِ عَنِ الرُقى

وَعَن مَشيِهِنَّ اللَيلَ بَينَ المَزارِعِ

وَعَن مَشيِهِنَّ اللَيلَ بَينَ المَزارِعِ

I forbade al-Mustanir's daughters to recite incantations,

I forbade the daughters of the enlightened one from performing spells

And to walk by night among the fields.

And from walking at night between the farms

وَما مُستَنيرُ الخُبثِ إِلّا فَراشَةٌ

وَما مُستَنيرُ الخُبثِ إِلّا فَراشَةٌ

هَوَت بَينَ مُؤتَجِّ الحَريقَينِ ساطِعِ

هَوَت بَينَ مُؤتَجِّ الحَريقَينِ ساطِعِ

And Mustanir the vile is nothing but a moth

The enlightened one of wickedness is but a moth

That plunged between the two raging, flaring fires.

Which plunged between the kindlers of the two great fires, shining