عُكاشَةُ ما في الغَمْرِ من مُتْخلَّفٍ

عُكاشَةُ ما في الغَمْرِ من مُتْخلَّفٍ

خلا الغَمْرُ من عُمَّارِهِ فَهْوَ مُقْفِرُ

خلا الغَمْرُ من عُمَّارِهِ فَهْوَ مُقْفِرُ

O ʿUkāshah, no one remains behind in al-Ghamr;

Ukasha, none left behind at the battle

Al-Ghamr is empty of its inhabitants and lies desolate.

Except the battle stripped of its settlers

تناذرَ أهلُوهُ سُيوفكَ فَانْجَلوا

تناذرَ أهلُوهُ سُيوفكَ فَانْجَلوا

وغُودِرَ وَحْشاً خالياً ليس يُعمَرُ

وغُودِرَ وَحْشاً خالياً ليس يُعمَرُ

Its people warned one another of your swords and fled,

Their swords warned them so they departed

And it was left desolate, empty, uninhabited.

It was abandoned desolate, uninhabited

خُذِ الشّاءَ والإبلَ السِّمانَ فإنّهم

خُذِ الشّاءَ والإبلَ السِّمانَ فإنّهم

إلى أجلٍ ما دُونَهُ مُتأخَّرُ

إلى أجلٍ ما دُونَهُ مُتأخَّرُ

Take the sheep and the fat camels, for they

Take the sheep and branded camels

Are bound for an appointed end, with no stopping short of it:

For they are delayed to an appointed time

فإمّا حِمَى الإسلامِ أو حدُّ قاضبٍ

فإمّا حِمَى الإسلامِ أو حدُّ قاضبٍ

على مَتْنِهِ مِنهم دَمٌ يَتَفَجَّرُ

على مَتْنِهِ مِنهم دَمٌ يَتَفَجَّرُ

Either the sanctuary of Islam, or a keen sword’s edge,

Either the protection of Islam or the edge of a sharp sword

Along whose blade their blood gushes forth.

Upon their backs blood flows forth

عُكَاشَةُ عُدْ بالجندِ غيرَ مُخيَّبٍ

عُكَاشَةُ عُدْ بالجندِ غيرَ مُخيَّبٍ

كفى القومَ خِزْياً أن يَفِرُّوا ويُدبِرُوا

كفى القومَ خِزْياً أن يَفِرُّوا ويُدبِرُوا

O ʿUkāshah, return with the troops, not disappointed;

Ukasha, return with the army without discouragement

It is disgrace enough for those people to flee and turn their backs.

It is enough humiliation for the people that they flee and retreat

لِكُلِّ امرئٍ من نفسِهِ ما تَودُّهُ

لِكُلِّ امرئٍ من نفسِهِ ما تَودُّهُ

وما يكُ من شيءٍ فربُّكَ أكبَرُ

وما يكُ من شيءٍ فربُّكَ أكبَرُ

Each man has from his own soul what it desires;

For everything a person loves in himself

And whatever may be, your Lord is greater.

And whatever thing that happens your Lord is Greater

له الدّينُ والدّنيا وما بعدَ هذِهِ

له الدّينُ والدّنيا وما بعدَ هذِهِ

فلا شَيءَ إلا ما يَشاءُ ويَقْدِرُ

فلا شَيءَ إلا ما يَشاءُ ويَقْدِرُ

To Him belong religion, this world, and what comes after it;

To Him belongs the religion, worldly life and what comes after it

So nothing exists except what He wills and decrees.

So there is nothing except what He wills and determines