قَضَت ثُعَلٌ دَيناً ودِّنا بِمِثلَةِ

قَضَت ثُعَلٌ دَيناً ودِّنا بِمِثلَةِ

سَلامانَ كَيلاً وَاِزناً بِبَوازِنِ

سَلامانَ كَيلاً وَاِزناً بِبَوازِنِ

Thual repaid a debt, and we retaliated through the mutilation of

A fox paid off a debt and weighed

Salaman—a measure balanced against counterweights.

With the scales of Solomon, carefully and justly.

فَأَمسوا بَني حُرٍّ كَريمٍ وَأَصبَحوا

فَأَمسوا بَني حُرٍّ كَريمٍ وَأَصبَحوا

عَبيدَ عُنَينٍ رَغمَ أَنفٍ وَمازِنِ

عَبيدَ عُنَينٍ رَغمَ أَنفٍ وَمازِنِ

So at evening they were sons of a noble freeman, and by morning they became

So they went to bed free men, noble and generous,

Slaves of Unayn and Mazin, their noses humbled.

And woke up slaves of a despised Unayn, despite their pride and dignity unbowed.