لَعَمرُكَby your life ماnot يَنفَكُّceases يَخطُرُstrides بَينَناbetween us
لَعَمرُكَ ما يَنفَكُّ يَخطُرُ بَينَنا
مَعَwith الرومِthe Romans حَربُwar بِالقَناwith spears وَالمَناصِلِand blades
مَعَ الرومِ حَربُ بِالقَنا وَالمَناصِلِ
By your life, it never ceases to stride between us—
By your life, it never ceases to cross my mind
war with the Romans, with spears and blades.
With the Romans, war with spears and blades
نُقارِعُهُمwe clash with them بِالمَوتِwith death دونَbefore reaching بَناتِهِمtheir daughters
نُقارِعُهُم بِالمَوتِ دونَ بَناتِهِم
مُقارَعَةَclashing الأُسدِthe lions الغِضابِangry البَواسِلِvaliant
مُقارَعَةَ الأُسدِ الغِضابِ البَواسِلِ
We clash with them in deadly combat before reaching their daughters,
We battle them with death before their daughters
as angry, valiant lions clash.
The battle of lions, furious heroes
فَلَمand did not تَرَsee عَينيmy eye كَاِقتِضاءِlike the demands of بَناتِهِمtheir daughters
فَلَم تَرَ عَيني كَاِقتِضاءِ بَناتِهِم
لَوِترٍfor a blood-debt لَدَيناwith us أَوor طِلابِpursuit of الطَوائِلِvengeance
لَوِترٍ لَدَينا أَو طِلابِ الطَوائِلِ
And my eye has never seen the like of their daughters' demands
So my eyes never saw bargaining for their daughters
for a blood-debt we owe, or their pursuit of vengeance.
A lute with us or seeking long goals
إِذاwhen ماemphatic particle قَتَلناwe kill بِالسُيوفِwith swords رِجالَهاtheir men
إِذا ما قَتَلنا بِالسُيوفِ رِجالَها
تَقاضَينَthey exact repayment مِنّاfrom us بِالعُيونِwith eyes القَواتِلِdeadly
تَقاضَينَ مِنّا بِالعُيونِ القَواتِلِ
Whenever we kill their men with swords,
When we kill their men with swords
they exact repayment from us with their deadly eyes.
They seek from us, with deadly glances
Sol 6.1