لَقَد سَمِعتُ عَجيباً

لَقَد سَمِعتُ عَجيباً

مِن آبِداتِ يُخامِر

مِن آبِداتِ يُخامِر

I have indeed heard something strange

I heard something strange

among Yukhāmir's oddities.

From the ruins of Ukhamir

قَرا عَلَيهِ غُلامٌ

قَرا عَلَيهِ غُلامٌ

طَهَ وَسورَةَ غافِر

طَهَ وَسورَةَ غافِر

A boy recited to him

A boy was reciting

Ṭā Hā and the chapter Ghāfir.

Surat Taha and Surat Ghafir

فَقالَ مَن قالَ هَذا

فَقالَ مَن قالَ هَذا

هَذا لِعَمرِيَ شاعِر

هَذا لِعَمرِيَ شاعِر

Then he said, 'Who said this?

He said "Who said this?

This man, by my life, is a poet!'

This is surely a poet."

أَرَدتُ صَفعَ قَفاهُ

أَرَدتُ صَفعَ قَفاهُ

فَخِفتُ صَولَةَ جائِر

فَخِفتُ صَولَةَ جائِر

I wanted to slap the back of his neck,

I wanted to slap his cheek

but I feared a tyrant's onslaught.

But feared the shout of an oppressor

أَتَيتُ يَوماً بِتَيسٍ

أَتَيتُ يَوماً بِتَيسٍ

مُستَعبِراً مُتَحاسِر

مُستَعبِراً مُتَحاسِر

One day I brought a billy goat,

One day I brought a goat

weeping and sorrowful.

Looking proud and swaggering

فَقُلتُ قوموا اِذبَحوهُ

فَقُلتُ قوموا اِذبَحوهُ

فَقالَ إِنّي يُخامِر

فَقالَ إِنّي يُخامِر

Then I said, 'Get up—slaughter him!'

I said "Stand up and slaughter it"

Then he said, 'I am Yukhāmir.'

It said "I am Ukhamir"