لَم أُبدِ طَلاقَةً وَسرّي داجِ

لَم أُبدِ طَلاقَةً وَسرّي داجِ

عادَيتُ فَعادِ مظهراً أَو داجِ

عادَيتُ فَعادِ مظهراً أَو داجِ

I showed no cheerful face while my inmost self lay dark;

I showed no cheerfulness while my inner thoughts were dark.

I showed hostility—so repay it, openly or covertly.

I have shown enmity; so be openly hostile, or dissemble.

هَذي الأُسُلُ الظماءُ لا بُدَّ لَها

هَذي الأُسُلُ الظماءُ لا بُدَّ لَها

أَن تشرقَ رَيّا بدم الأَوداجِ

أَن تشرقَ رَيّا بدم الأَوداجِ

These thirsty spears cannot but

These thirsty spears must

choke, their thirst slaked, on the blood of jugular veins.

Be sated to choking with the blood of jugular veins.