ياO ابنson of الخلائفthe caliphs ياO محمدMuhammad ياO
يا ابن الخلائف يا محمد يا
منthe one who سيفهhis sword فيin راحةthe palm of النصرvictory
من سيفه في راحة النصر
O son of the caliphs, O Muhammad, O
O son of caliphs, O Muhammad
you whose sword is in the palm of victory!
Whose sword rests in the palm of victory
ماnot إنemphatic particle reinforcing negation تقومcan stand لحرagainst the heat of بأسكyour might فيin الthe
ما إن تقوم لحر بأسك في ال
دنياworld محصنةٌa fortified stronghold منin الدهرall time
دنيا محصنةٌ من الدهر
Against the heat of your might, none can stand in the
Whenever you rise up in valorous wrath
world—no fortress in any age.
No fortress in this world is safe from fate
أضحتhas become طليطلةToledo معطلةemptied
أضحت طليطلة معطلة
منof أهلهاits inhabitants فيin قبضةthe grip of الصقرthe falcon
من أهلها في قبضة الصقر
Toledo has become bereft
Toledo lies disabled and empty
of its people, in the falcon's grip.
Of its people, clutched in the falcon's grasp
تركتwas left بلاwithout أهلٍinhabitants تؤهلهاto populate it
تركت بلا أهلٍ تؤهلها
مهجورةdeserted الأكنافِthe sides كالقبرlike a grave
مهجورة الأكنافِ كالقبر
Left without people to inhabit it,
You left it without inhabitants to defend it
deserted on every side, like a grave.
Deserted, like a tomb, on all sides
ماnot كانwould يُبقيleave standing اللَهGod قنطرةًa bridge
ما كان يُبقي اللَه قنطرةً
أضحتhad become سبيلa path for كتائبthe battalions of الكفرunbelief
أضحت سبيل كتائب الكفر
God would not leave a bridge standing
God would not leave a bridge standing
that had become a path for the battalions of unbelief.
To serve as passage for hordes of unbelief
Sol 6.1