وَحالَفتُ الوُحوشَ وَحالَفَتني

وَحالَفتُ الوُحوشَ وَحالَفَتني

بِقُربِ عُهودِهِنَّ وَبِالبِعادِ

بِقُربِ عُهودِهِنَّ وَبِالبِعادِ

And I made a pact with the wild beasts, and they with me,

I swore alliance with beasts and they swore it to me

Near their familiar haunts and far away.

In the nearness of their covenants and distances

وَأَمسَى الذِّئبُ يَرصُدُني مِخَشّاً

وَأَمسَى الذِّئبُ يَرصُدُني مِخَشّاً

لِخِفَّةِ ضَربَتي وَلِضَعفِ آدي

لِخِفَّةِ ضَربَتي وَلِضَعفِ آدي

And the wolf came to lie boldly in wait for me,

And the wolf came to stalk me in the evening out of fear

Because my blow is light and my strength is weak.

Of the lightness of my blows and the weakness of my limbs

وَغَولا قَفرَةٍ ذَكَراً وَأُنثى

وَغَولا قَفرَةٍ ذَكَراً وَأُنثى

كَأَنَّ عَلَيهِما قَطعَ البِجادِ

كَأَنَّ عَلَيهِما قَطعَ البِجادِ

And two ghouls of a wasteland, a male and a female,

Treachery of a barren desert male and female

As though pieces of striped woolen cloth lay upon them both.

As if the sheep’s saddle had been broken between them