ألاAh! منwho مبلغone who conveys لعلperhaps الجحودthe ungrateful one
ألا من مبلغ لعل الجحود
مقالthe words فتىa youth وفيfaithful بالعهودto the pledges
مقال فتى وفي بالعهود
Ah, who will convey—perhaps to the ungrateful one—
Oh you who informs, may the covenants not be forgotten
the words of a youth faithful to his pledges?
The words of a young man true to his pacts
سأخرجI shall go forth للبرازto single combat خليَّuntroubled بالٍin mind
سأخرج للبراز خليَّ بالٍ
بقلبٍwith a heart قدhewn منfrom زبرblocks الحديدiron
بقلبٍ قد من زبر الحديد
I shall go forth to single combat, untroubled,
I will march out to the battlefield with a heart
with a heart hewn from blocks of iron,
Hardened like iron from blows
واطعنand I thrust بالقناwith spears حتىuntil يرانيhe sees me
واطعن بالقنا حتى يراني
عدويmy enemy كالشرارةlike a spark منfrom بعيدafar
عدوي كالشرارة من بعيد
and thrust with spears until I am seen
And I will thrust with my spear until my foe
by my enemy, like a spark from afar.
Sees me like a spark from afar