مُعَاوِيَMuʿāwiya! إنْif تَأْتِنَاyou come to us مُزْبِداًfoaming
مُعَاوِيَ إنْ تَأْتِنَا مُزْبِداً
بِخُضْرِيَّةٍwith a dark-green host تَلْقَyou will meet رَجْرَاجَهْa surging host
بِخُضْرِيَّةٍ تَلْقَ رَجْرَاجَهْ
Muʿāwiya, if you come to us foaming,
Mu'awiya, if you come to us
with a dark-green host, you will meet a surging one.
With a green army whose rustling is like thunder,
أسِنَّتُهَاits spearheads مِنْfrom دِمَاءِthe blood of الرّجَالِthe men
أسِنَّتُهَا مِنْ دِمَاءِ الرّجَالِ
إذَاwhen جَالَتِwheel الْخَيْلُthe horses مَجَّاجَهْgushing
إذَا جَالَتِ الْخَيْلُ مَجَّاجَهْ
Its spearheads, with the blood of men,
Their tongues sharpened with the blood of men,
when the horses wheel, gush freely.
When the horses charge foaming at the mouth,
فَوَارِسُهَاits horsemen كَأسُودِlike lions of الضَّرَابِcombat
فَوَارِسُهَا كَأسُودِ الضَّرَابِ
إلىto اللهِGod فيin الْقَتْلِkilling مُحْتَاجَهْin need
إلى اللهِ في الْقَتْلِ مُحْتَاجَهْ
Its horsemen are like lions in combat,
And their warriors are like roaring lions
in need of God amid the killing.
Eager for battle and death,
وَلَيْسَتْand it is not لَدَىbefore المَوْتِdeath وَقَّافَةًhesitant
وَلَيْسَتْ لَدَى المَوْتِ وَقَّافَةً
وَلَيْسَتْand it is not لَدَىbefore الْخَوْفِfear فَجفَاجَهْclamorous
وَلَيْسَتْ لَدَى الْخَوْفِ فَجفَاجَهْ
And it does not hesitate before death,
With no thought of stopping before the spectre of death,
nor grow clamorous in the face of fear.
With no hesitation in the face of peril,
وَلَيْسَand there is no بِهِمْfor them غَيْرُexcept جِدّearnestness of اللِّقَاءbattle
وَلَيْسَ بِهِمْ غَيْرُ جِدّ اللِّقَاء
إلىfor طُولِthe length of أسْيَافِهِمْtheir swords حَاجَهْa need
إلى طُولِ أسْيَافِهِمْ حَاجَهْ
They have no need, save in earnest battle,
Concerned only with the overwhelming encounter,
for their swords to be long.
As their long swords demand,
خطَأهُمْtheir error (possibly 'their strides') مُقَدَّمُthe forefront of أسْيَافِهِمْtheir swords
خطَأهُمْ مُقَدَّمُ أسْيَافِهِمْ
وَأذْرُعُهُمْand their arms غَيْرُnot خَدَّاجَهْstunted
وَأذْرُعُهُمْ غَيْرُ خَدَّاجَهْ
Their 'error' is the forefront of their swords [perhaps 'their strides' is intended],
Their swords reach out before them,
and their arms are not stunted.
Their arms never faltering,
وعِنْدَكَand you have مِنْof وَقْعِهِمْtheir blows مُصْدِقٌconfirming proof
وعِنْدَكَ مِنْ وَقْعِهِمْ مُصْدِقٌ
وَقَدْand already أخْرَجَتْit drove out مْسِpossibly 'yesterday' (unclear form) إخْرَاجَهْan expulsion
وَقَدْ أخْرَجَتْ مْسِ إخْرَاجَهْ
And you have proof of their blows:
And you have reports confirming this,
it has already carried out an expulsion [apparently yesterday].
As their charging has made plain,
فَشَنَّتْso it assailed عَلَيْهِمْthem (against them) بِبِيضِwith the white blades of السُّيُوفِthe swords
فَشَنَّتْ عَلَيْهِمْ بِبِيضِ السُّيُوفِ
بِهَاwith them فَقْعُtruffles لَجَّاجَهْcontentious كذاthus
بِهَا فَقْعُ لَجَّاجَهْ كذا
Then it assailed them with white swords,
Then we shall smite them with shining swords
with them, contentious truffles—thus [wording unclear].
Whose blows fall like crashing lightning.
Sol 6.1