أَرى عَبدَ عَمرٍو قَد أَساطَ ابنَ عَمَّهِ

أَرى عَبدَ عَمرٍو قَد أَساطَ ابنَ عَمَّهِ

وَأَنضَجَهُ في غَليِ قَدرٍ وَما يَدري

وَأَنضَجَهُ في غَليِ قَدرٍ وَما يَدري

I see ʿAbd ʿAmr has stirred his cousin,

I see the slave of Amr has slain his cousin

and cooked him in a boiling pot, while he remains unaware.

And cooked him in a boiling pot though unaware

فَهَلاّ اِبنَ حَسحاسٍ قَتَلتَ وَمَعبَداً

فَهَلاّ اِبنَ حَسحاسٍ قَتَلتَ وَمَعبَداً

هُما تَركاكَ لا تَريشُ وَلا تَبري

هُما تَركاكَ لا تَريشُ وَلا تَبري

Why, then, did you not kill Ibn Ḥasḥās and Maʿbad?

Why not instead you killed Ibn Haschas and Ma'bad

Those two left you unable to feather arrows or whittle their shafts.

Who left you featherless and plucked bare

هُما طَعَنا مَولاكَ في خَرجِ دُبرِهِ

هُما طَعَنا مَولاكَ في خَرجِ دُبرِهِ

وَأَقَبلتَ ما تَلوي عَلى مَحجَرٍ تَجري

وَأَقَبلتَ ما تَلوي عَلى مَحجَرٍ تَجري

Those two stabbed your lord in the opening of his backside,

They stabbed your master in the back in his retreat

and you came running, turning aside for no refuge.

Yet you proceed unflinching, your tears flowing unchecked