كالشَمسِ تَبَرَّجَت لِعَين الرائي

كالشَمسِ تَبَرَّجَت لِعَين الرائي

فاِستَقبلَها الرَقيبُ كالحِرباءِ

فاِستَقبلَها الرَقيبُ كالحِرباءِ

Like the sun, she displayed her beauty to the beholder's eye.

Like the sun she shone in the beholder's eye

So the watcher faced her like a chameleon.

The guard met her like an enemy

ما أَليقَ صَلبَهُ عَلى العودِ وَلا ال

ما أَليقَ صَلبَهُ عَلى العودِ وَلا ال

حِرباءُ تَصَدّى لِسَنا البَيضاءِ

حِرباءُ تَصَدّى لِسَنا البَيضاءِ

How fitting to crucify him upon the wooden pole! Nor did the

Neither fitting is his corpse on wood nor the

chameleon face the fair one's radiance.

Enemy confronted the white spear