إِنّي وَرَبِّ الشاعِرِ الغَرورِ

إِنّي وَرَبِّ الشاعِرِ الغَرورِ

وَباعِثِ المَوتى مِنَ القُبورِ

وَباعِثِ المَوتى مِنَ القُبورِ

Indeed, I swear by the Lord of the deceitful poet,

I swear by the Lord of the vainglorious poet

And by Him who raises the dead from their graves,

And the Resurrector of the dead from the graves

وَعالِمِ المَكنونِ في الضَميرِ

وَعالِمِ المَكنونِ في الضَميرِ

إِن رُمتَ مِنها مَعقَرَ الجَزورِ

إِن رُمتَ مِنها مَعقَرَ الجَزورِ

And by Him who knows what is hidden in the heart:

And the Knower of the hidden in the conscience

If you aim at her where a slaughter-camel is hamstrung,

If you attack it, hitting the solid rocks

لَأَثِبَنَّ وِثبَةَ المُغيرِ

لَأَثِبَنَّ وِثبَةَ المُغيرِ

الذيبِ أَو ذي اللِبدَةِ الهَصورِ

الذيبِ أَو ذي اللِبدَةِ الهَصورِ

I shall surely spring with a raider’s leap—

I will pounce with the leap of the warrior

A wolf’s, or that of the fierce, maned lion—

The wolf or the hissing serpent

بِصارِمٍ ذي فَنَنٍ مَشهورِ

بِصارِمٍ ذي فَنَنٍ مَشهورِ

With a keen, unsheathed sword bearing branchlike markings.

With a sharp sword of renowned artistry