حَمِدتُ إِلهي بَعدَ عُروَةَ إِذ نَجا

حَمِدتُ إِلهي بَعدَ عُروَةَ إِذ نَجا

خِراشٌ وَبَعضُ الشَرِّ أَهوَنُ مِن بَعضِ

خِراشٌ وَبَعضُ الشَرِّ أَهوَنُ مِن بَعضِ

I praised my God, after Urwah, for the escape of

I praised my God after hardship when I was saved

Khirash—and some evils are easier to bear than others.

Some scratches and some evil is easier than other evil

فَوَاللَهِ لا أَنسى قَتيلاً رُزِئتُهُ

فَوَاللَهِ لا أَنسى قَتيلاً رُزِئتُهُ

بِجانِبِ قَوسِيَ ما مَشيتُ عَلى الأَرضِ

بِجانِبِ قَوسِيَ ما مَشيتُ عَلى الأَرضِ

So, by God, I shall not forget a slain man whose loss I suffered,

By Allah, I will not forget a slain man whom I mocked

beside Qawsa, as long as I walk upon the earth.

Beside my bow as long as I walked upon the earth

بَلى إِنَّها تَعفو الكُلومُ وَإِنَّما

بَلى إِنَّها تَعفو الكُلومُ وَإِنَّما

نُوَكَّلُ بِالأَدنى وَإِن جَلَّ ما يَمضي

نُوَكَّلُ بِالأَدنى وَإِن جَلَّ ما يَمضي

Yes, indeed, wounds heal; and it is only

Yes, rancors do fade, but we are tasked with the lesser

the nearest grief that preoccupies us, however great what has passed.

Though time may pass and much goes by

وَلَم أَدرِ مِن أَلقى عَلَيهِ رِداءَهُ

وَلَم أَدرِ مِن أَلقى عَلَيهِ رِداءَهُ

وَلكِنَّهُ قَد سُلَّ مِن ماجِدٍ مَحضِ

وَلكِنَّهُ قَد سُلَّ مِن ماجِدٍ مَحضِ

And I did not know who cast his cloak over him,

I did not know who I cast my robe upon

but he was drawn forth from a man of pure nobility.

But he was one noble and pure

وَلَم يَكُ مَثلوجَ الفُؤادِ مُهَبَّجاً

وَلَم يَكُ مَثلوجَ الفُؤادِ مُهَبَّجاً

أَضاعَ الشَبابَ في الرَبيلَةِ وَالخَفضِ

أَضاعَ الشَبابَ في الرَبيلَةِ وَالخَفضِ

Nor was he a sluggish-hearted, bloated man

He was not one with a heart melted, lost

who squandered his youth in fatness and ease.

Who wasted youth in vanity and humbleness

وَلكِنَّهُ قَد نازَعَتهُ مَخامِصٌ

وَلكِنَّهُ قَد نازَعَتهُ مَخامِصٌ

عَلى أَنَّهُ ذو مِرَّةٍ صادِقُ النَهضِ

عَلى أَنَّهُ ذو مِرَّةٍ صادِقُ النَهضِ

But bouts of hunger had wrestled with him,

But he was one who was torn by calamities

though he was strong, unfailing in springing up.

As one firm, honest in purpose

كَأَنَّهُمُ يَشَّبَّثونَ بِطائِرٍ

كَأَنَّهُمُ يَشَّبَّثونَ بِطائِرٍ

خَفيفِ المُشاشِ عَظمُهُ غَيرُ ذي نَحضِ

خَفيفِ المُشاشِ عَظمُهُ غَيرُ ذي نَحضِ

It was as though they were clutching at a bird,

As if they clung to a bird

light in its joints, its bones without flesh.

Of delicate frame, its bones without bulk

يُبادِرُ قُربَ اللَيلِ فَهُوَ مُهابِذٌ

يُبادِرُ قُربَ اللَيلِ فَهُوَ مُهابِذٌ

يَحُثُّ الجَناحَ بِالتَبَسُّطِ وَالقَبضِ

يَحُثُّ الجَناحَ بِالتَبَسُّطِ وَالقَبضِ

It races the approach of night, darting swiftly,

It hastens at night's approach so it is a departer

urging its wing on by spreading it and drawing it in.

Flapping wings opening and closing