همُthey الملوكthe kings ذووpossessors of بأْسٍmight ومكرمةٍand nobility
همُ الملوك ذوو بأْسٍ ومكرمةٍ
إنْif سالواthey flowed or surged أَمنواthey were safe أوor حاربواthey waged war خيفواthey were feared
إنْ سالوا أَمنوا أو حاربوا خيفوا
They are the kings, possessed of might and nobility.
They are kings of valor and generosity
If they surge forth, they are safe; or if they wage war, they are feared.
Whether they seek peace or wage war or feel fear
أَغناهمُspared them the need القدسُJerusalem عنfor قولِthe saying of الورىpeople فتحتْwas conquered
أَغناهمُ القدسُ عن قولِ الورى فتحتْ
عكاAcre وصيداand Sidon وبيروتُand Beirut وأَرسوفُand Arsuf
عكا وصيدا وبيروتُ وأَرسوفُ
Jerusalem left them no need for people to say, 'Conquered were
Jerusalem has made them careless of public opinion
Acre, Sidon, Beirut, and Arsuf.'
Acre, Sidon, Beirut and Arsuf fell
جيشُarmy الفرنجِthe Franks إذاwhen لاقىmet سوابقَهمtheir swift steeds
جيشُ الفرنجِ إذا لاقى سوابقَهم
كأَنَّهُas though it were جبلٌa mountain بالرِّيحِby the wind منسوفُblown away
كأَنَّهُ جبلٌ بالرِّيحِ منسوفُ
The army of the Franks, when it meets their swift steeds,
When the Franks' army meets their champions
Is like a mountain blown away by the wind.
It's as if it were a mountain blown by the wind
Sol 6.1