جاءواthey came بِجَيشِهِمwith their army لِقَطعِto cut off مِياهِناour water
جاءوا بِجَيشِهِم لِقَطعِ مِياهِنا
مِثلَlike الأَتِيِّthe torrent أَتَتcame بِهِwith it الأَنواءُthe rainstorms
مِثلَ الأَتِيِّ أَتَت بِهِ الأَنواءُ
They came with their army to cut off our water,
They brought their army to cut off our water
like a torrent brought by the rainstorms.
Like the wind that brought the clouds
لَمّاwhen طَعَنّاwe pierced بِالرِماحِwith spears صُدورَهُمtheir breasts
لَمّا طَعَنّا بِالرِماحِ صُدورَهُم
وَلَّواthey turned ظُهورَهُمُtheir backs فَجاءَso came الماءُthe water
وَلَّوا ظُهورَهُمُ فَجاءَ الماءُ
When we pierced their breasts with spears,
When we stabbed their chests with spears
they turned their backs, and so the water came.
They turned their backs, so the water came
هُمthey وَلّواthey turned الأَدبارَbacks إِذwhen كَبَّتهُمِstruck them down الthe
هُم وَلّوا الأَدبارَ إِذ كَبَّتهُمِ ال
بيضُwhite swords الذُكورُhard-tempered وَهاجَتِand raged الهَيجاءُthe battle
بيضُ الذُكورُ وَهاجَتِ الهَيجاءُ
They turned their backs when they were struck down by the
They fled when the whites of the brave attacked
hard-tempered white swords, and the battle raged.
And the commotion intensified
Sol 6.1