وَقالوا اِحبُ وَاِنهَق لا تَضيرُكَ خَيبَرٌ

وَقالوا اِحبُ وَاِنهَق لا تَضيرُكَ خَيبَرٌ

وَذَلِكَ مِن دينِ اليَهودِ وَلوعُ

وَذَلِكَ مِن دينِ اليَهودِ وَلوعُ

And they said, 'Crawl and bray; Khaybar will not harm you.'

They said: love and coo, Khaybar won't harm you,

And that is a falsehood from the religion of the Jews.

That's the religion of Jews, yet they are miserable.

لَعَمري لَئِن عَشَّرتُ مِن خَشيَةِ الرَدى

لَعَمري لَئِن عَشَّرتُ مِن خَشيَةِ الرَدى

نُهاقَ الحَميرِ إِنَّني لَجَزوعُ

نُهاقَ الحَميرِ إِنَّني لَجَزوعُ

By my life, if I bray ten times for fear of death,

By my life, if I live in fear of misfortune,

as donkeys bray, I would indeed be fainthearted.

I'll bray like donkeys. I'm really miserable.

فَلا وَأَلَت تِلكَ النُفوسُ وَلا أَتَت

فَلا وَأَلَت تِلكَ النُفوسُ وَلا أَتَت

عَلى رَوضَةِ الأَجدادِ وَهِيَ جَميعُ

عَلى رَوضَةِ الأَجدادِ وَهِيَ جَميعُ

Then may those souls neither escape nor reach

Those souls didn't come to the gardens of ancestors,

the forefathers' meadow while still intact.

While they were all together.

فَكَيفَ وَقَد ذَكَّيتُ وَاِشتَدَّ جانِبي

فَكَيفَ وَقَد ذَكَّيتُ وَاِشتَدَّ جانِبي

سُلَيمى وَعِندي سامِعٌ وَمُطيعُ

سُلَيمى وَعِندي سامِعٌ وَمُطيعُ

How, then, now that I have matured and my side has grown strong,

How come, when I have sobered up and my flanks grew stronger,

can Sulayma, when I have what hears and obeys—

Sulayma is with me, an obedient listener.

لِسانٌ وَسَيفٌ صارِمٌ وَحَفيظَةٌ

لِسانٌ وَسَيفٌ صارِمٌ وَحَفيظَةٌ

وَرَأيٌ لِآراءِ الرِجالِ صَروعُ

وَرَأيٌ لِآراءِ الرِجالِ صَروعُ

a tongue, a keen sword, and zeal for honor,

A sharp tongue, a sharp sword and a guard,

and a judgment that fells the judgments of men—

And an opinion matching the views of courageous men.

تَخَوِّفُني رَيبَ المَنونُ وَقَد مَضى

تَخَوِّفُني رَيبَ المَنونُ وَقَد مَضى

لَنا سَلَفٌ قَيسٌ مَعاً وَرَبيعُ

لَنا سَلَفٌ قَيسٌ مَعاً وَرَبيعُ

frighten me with death's hazards, when there have already passed away

The fear of death worries me, and there have passed

forebears of ours—Qays and Rabiʿ together?

Ancestral tribes - Qais and Rabi'a together.