أَلم تَرَ أَنّي بَينَما أَنا آمِنٌ

أَلم تَرَ أَنّي بَينَما أَنا آمِنٌ

يَخُبُّ بِيَ السِندِيُّ قَفراً فَيافِيا

يَخُبُّ بِيَ السِندِيُّ قَفراً فَيافِيا

Did you not see that, while I was safe,

Did you not see that while I was at peace

With the Sindhi mount carrying me at a trot through barren desert wastes,

The Sindhi betrayed me, going to a barren desert?

تَطَلَّعتُ مِن غَورٍ فَأَبصَرتُ فارِساً

تَطَلَّعتُ مِن غَورٍ فَأَبصَرتُ فارِساً

فَأَوجَستُ مِنهُ خيفةً أَن يَرانِيا

فَأَوجَستُ مِنهُ خيفةً أَن يَرانِيا

I looked up from a hollow and saw a horseman,

I looked out from a cave and saw a knight

And feared that he might see me?

So I was afraid he might see me

وَلَمّا بَدا لي أَنَّما هُوَ فارِسٌ

وَلَمّا بَدا لي أَنَّما هُوَ فارِسٌ

وَقَفتُ لَهُ حَتّى أَتى فَرَمانِيا

وَقَفتُ لَهُ حَتّى أَتى فَرَمانِيا

And when it became clear to me that he was only a horseman,

And when it was clear he was but a knight

I stood awaiting him until he came and shot at me.

I stood still for him until he threw at me

رَماني ثَلاثاً ثُمَّ إِنّي رَمَيتُهُ

رَماني ثَلاثاً ثُمَّ إِنّي رَمَيتُهُ

فَرَوَّيتُ مِنهُ صَعدَتي وَسِنانِيا

فَرَوَّيتُ مِنهُ صَعدَتي وَسِنانِيا

He shot at me three times; then I shot at him,

He threw at me three times, then I threw at him

So I slaked my spear and spearhead with his blood.

I showed him my firmness and my spears