أَينَ المُلوكُ وَأَينَ ما جَمَعوا وَما

أَينَ المُلوكُ وَأَينَ ما جَمَعوا وَما

ذَخَروهُ مِن ذَهَبِ المَتاعِ الذاهِبِ

ذَخَروهُ مِن ذَهَبِ المَتاعِ الذاهِبِ

Where are the kings, and where is what they amassed and what

Where are the kings and where is what they amassed,

they hoarded of gold, that fleeting worldly wealth,

And what they hoarded of fleeting gold wares,

وَمِنَ السَوابِغِ وَالصَوارِمِ وَالقَنا

وَمِنَ السَوابِغِ وَالصَوارِمِ وَالقَنا

وَمِنَ الصَواهِلِ بُدَّنٍ وَشَوازِبِ

وَمِنَ الصَواهِلِ بُدَّنٍ وَشَوازِبِ

and of full-length coats of mail, keen swords, and lances,

Of thoroughbred steeds, swords and spears,

and of neighing steeds, stout and lean?

Of heavily armed soldiers and drinking cups?

كانَت سَوابِقُها تُحَمِّلُ مِنهُمُ

كانَت سَوابِقُها تُحَمِّلُ مِنهُمُ

أَقمارَ أَندِيَةٍ وَأُسدَ كَتائِبِ

أَقمارَ أَندِيَةٍ وَأُسدَ كَتائِبِ

Their swiftest steeds once bore, from among them,

Their vanguard used to carry, among them,

moons of assemblies and lions of battalions.

Moons of gatherings and lions of battalions.

كانوا لُيوثَ خَفِيَّةٍ لَكِنَّهُم

كانوا لُيوثَ خَفِيَّةٍ لَكِنَّهُم

سَكَنوا غِياضَ أَسِنَّةٍ وَقَواضِبِ

سَكَنوا غِياضَ أَسِنَّةٍ وَقَواضِبِ

They were lions of Khafiyya, yet they

They were lurking lions, but they

dwelt in thickets of spearheads and keen-edged swords.

Inhabited thickets of pegged tents and ships.

قَصَفَتهُم ريحُ الرَدى وَرَمَتهُمُ

قَصَفَتهُم ريحُ الرَدى وَرَمَتهُمُ

كَفُّ المَنونِ بِكُلِّ سَهمٍ صائِبِ

كَفُّ المَنونِ بِكُلِّ سَهمٍ صائِبِ

The wind of death shattered them, and they were struck by

The wind of destruction blew them away and fate

the hand of doom with every unerring arrow.

Struck them with every precise arrow.