سواكَanyone other than you لسهمِfor the arrow of العُلىglory لنْwill not يريشاfletch
سواكَ لسهمِ العُلى لنْ يريشا
فنسألُso we ask ربَّthe Lord of العُلىthe heights أنْthat تعيشاyou live
فنسألُ ربَّ العُلى أنْ تعيشا
None but you will fletch the arrow of glory.
None but you is worthy of the arrow of glory,
So we ask the Lord of the heights that you may live.
So we ask the Lord of glory to keep you alive.
منfrom among النّاسِthe people بالبرِّwith kindness صدتْyou captured الكرامَthe noble
من النّاسِ بالبرِّ صدتْ الكرامَ
وباليأْسِand with despair فيin البَرِّthe open country صدْتَyou hunted الوحوشاthe wild beasts
وباليأْسِ في البَرِّ صدْتَ الوحوشا
With kindness you captured the noble among men,
By your kindness you repelled the generous from people,
and with despair you hunted wild beasts in the open country.
And by despair in kindness you repelled the beasts.
وكمand how often سرتَyou marched منfrom مصرَEgypt نحوtoward العريشِal-Arish
وكم سرتَ من مصرَ نحو العريشِ
فهدَّمتَthen you demolished للمشركينَbelonging to the polytheists العُروشاthe thrones
فهدَّمتَ للمشركينَ العُروشا
And how often you marched from Egypt toward al-Arish,
How often you traveled from Egypt towards Al-Arish,
then demolished the polytheists' thrones!
Destroying for the polytheists their palaces.
سراياكَyour detachments تَبعثُsend قدَّامهاahead of them
سراياكَ تَبعثُ قدَّامها
منof الرُّعبِterror نحوtoward الأعاديthe foes جيوشاarmies
من الرُّعبِ نحو الأعادي جيوشا
Your detachments send ahead of them
Your armies send ahead of them,
armies of terror toward the foes.
Armies that fill enemies with dread.
ويومَand on the day of حماةَHama تركتَyou left العداةَthe foes
ويومَ حماةَ تركتَ العداةَ
كماjust as طيّرتْsent flying بالفلاacross the wilderness الرِّيحُthe wind رِيشاfeathers
كما طيّرتْ بالفلا الرِّيحُ رِيشا
And on the day of Hama you left the foes
And the day of Hama you left the enemies
like feathers the wind sent flying across the wilderness.
As the wind scatters feathers with the arrow.
Sol 6.1