دَعي عَنكِ تَقوالَ الضَلالِ كَفى بِنا

دَعي عَنكِ تَقوالَ الضَلالِ كَفى بِنا

لِكَبشِ الوَغى في اليَومِ وَالأَمسِ ناطِحا

لِكَبشِ الوَغى في اليَومِ وَالأَمسِ ناطِحا

Put aside your repeated talk of error; we suffice

Leave off your words of misguidance, we have had enough

To lock horns with the ram of battle, today and yesterday.

Of the ram of turmoil yesterday and today butting

فَخالِدُ أَولى بِالتَعَذُّرِ مِنكُمُ

فَخالِدُ أَولى بِالتَعَذُّرِ مِنكُمُ

غَداةَ عَلا نَهجاً مِنَ الأَمرِ واضِحا

غَداةَ عَلا نَهجاً مِنَ الأَمرِ واضِحا

For Khalid has more right than you to plead an excuse,

Khalid is more deserving of excuse than you

The morning he took a clear path in the matter,

The day he took a clear path in authority

مُعانا بِأَمرِ اللَهِ يُزجي إِليكُمُ

مُعانا بِأَمرِ اللَهِ يُزجي إِليكُمُ

سَوانِحَ لا تَكبو لَهُ وَبَوارِحا

سَوانِحَ لا تَكبو لَهُ وَبَوارِحا

Aided by God's command, driving toward you

Suffering with what Allah decreed driving you

Rightward-crossing steeds that never stumble for him, and leftward-crossing ones.

Appendages that do not bend for it or active limbs

نَعَوا مالِكاً بِالسَهلِ لَمّا هَبَطنَهُ

نَعَوا مالِكاً بِالسَهلِ لَمّا هَبَطنَهُ

عَوابِسَ في كابي الغُبارِ كوالِحا

عَوابِسَ في كابي الغُبارِ كوالِحا

They announced Malik's death on the plain when the steeds descended upon it,

We bewailed Malik in the plains when it brought him down

Frowning amid rising dust, grim-faced.

Gloomy-faced in the stirrer up of dust fiercely blowing

فَإِن نَكُ أَثكَلناكِ سَلمى فَمالِكٌ

فَإِن نَكُ أَثكَلناكِ سَلمى فَمالِكٌ

تَركتُم عَلَيهِ نائِحاتٍ وَنائِحا

تَركتُم عَلَيهِ نائِحاتٍ وَنائِحا

So if we have bereaved you, Salma, then Malik—

For if we have burdened you with loss, Malik

You left women wailing over him, and a man as well.

You left over him wailing women and wailers