وَكَانَتْand was لكَyours الدُّنياthe world فَعِشْتَso you lived سَعِيداًhappily
وَكَانَتْ لكَ الدُّنيا فَعِشْتَ سَعِيداً
وَأَوْمَتْand beckoned لكَto you الأُخْرَىthe hereafter فَمُتَّso you died شَهِيداas a martyr
وَأَوْمَتْ لكَ الأُخْرَى فَمُتَّ شَهِيدا
And the world was yours, so you lived happily.
And the hereafter beckoned to you, so you died a martyr.
رَأَىsaw اليَمَنُYemen العَزْمَthe resolve الذيthat كُنتَyou were شَاهِراًbrandishing
رَأَى اليَمَنُ العَزْمَ الذي كُنتَ شَاهِراً
فَفلَّso it routed لِقَيْسٍof Qays عَسْكَراًan army وُحُشوداand gathered hosts
فَفلَّ لِقَيْسٍ عَسْكَراً وُحُشودا
Yemen saw the resolve that you were brandishing,
So it routed an army of Qays and its gathered hosts.
لِعِرضِكَfor your honor تَعْلُوrises رَايَةٌa banner يَمَنِيَّةٌYemeni
لِعِرضِكَ تَعْلُو رَايَةٌ يَمَنِيَّةٌ
تُنِيرُilluminates وُجُوهاًfaces لِلحَوَادِثِof calamities سُوداblack
تُنِيرُ وُجُوهاً لِلحَوَادِثِ سُودا
For your honor, a Yemeni banner rises,
Illuminating the black faces of calamities.
وَأُودِيْتَand you were slain قَيْسيَّof Qays المَلابسِthe garments منof دَمٍblood
وَأُودِيْتَ قَيْسيَّ المَلابسِ من دَمٍ
جَرَىflowed فَأَبىso refused دَمْعُthe tears العُيُونِof the eyes جُمُوداdrying up
جَرَى فَأَبى دَمْعُ العُيُونِ جُمُودا
And you were slain, in Qays-like garments of blood
That flowed, so the eyes' tears refused to dry.
كَذلكَthus يَكْسُوclothes نَفسَهُitself كُلُّevery صَارِمٍkeen sword
كَذلكَ يَكْسُو نَفسَهُ كُلُّ صَارِمٍ
يَمَانٍYemeni فَسَلْso ask هَاماًheads بهِabout it وَوَرِيداand a jugular vein
يَمَانٍ فَسَلْ هَاماً بهِ وَوَرِيدا
Thus every keen sword clothes itself,
Yemeni—so ask heads and jugular veins about it.
Sol 6.1