وَاَن يَعُمَّهُم حَياً مُطَبِّقُ

وَاَن يَعُمَّهُم حَياً مُطَبِّقُ

بَل قَد رَأَى بِهَجَرَ المُغَيَّقُ

بَل قَد رَأَى بِهَجَرَ المُغَيَّقُ

And that an all-enveloping rain might cover them.

And they wish them alive, agreeing,

Yet at Hajar it was indeed seen by the man led astray

But he has seen, with his abandonment, the saddened one,

عَنِ الهُدَى اَبُو فُدَيكٍ فُسَقُ

عَنِ الهُدَى اَبُو فُدَيكٍ فُسَقُ

وصَحبُهُ اِذ اَرعَدُوا وَاَبرَقُوا

وصَحبُهُ اِذ اَرعَدُوا وَاَبرَقُوا

From guidance—Abu Fudayk, the sinner—

Abu Fudayk has deviated from guidance, and his companions,

And his companions, when they thundered and flashed

When they thundered and flashed,

وَشَفتَرُوا في دِينِهِم ومَرَقُوا

وَشَفتَرُوا في دِينِهِم ومَرَقُوا

فَصَبَّحَتهُم ذاتَ رِزٍّ فَيلَقُ

فَصَبَّحَتهُم ذاتَ رِزٍّ فَيلَقُ

And corrupted their religion and broke away:

And they were frivolous in their religion and defected.

Then a rumbling host assailed them at dawn,

So the morning found them in a plain of calamity,

مَلمُومَة يَضِلُّ فِيها الاَبلَقُ

مَلمُومَة يَضِلُّ فِيها الاَبلَقُ

بِالخَيلِ تَمضِى قُدُماً وَتَلحَقُ

بِالخَيلِ تَمضِى قُدُماً وَتَلحَقُ

Closely massed: a piebald horse would be lost within it.

Blameworthy, in which the ignorant would stray,

With horses it advances straight ahead and overtakes.

With horses marching on and catching up.

ما اِن يُرَى مِنهُنَّ اِلاَّ الحَدَقُ

ما اِن يُرَى مِنهُنَّ اِلاَّ الحَدَقُ

كَرادِس تَترَي عَلَيها الدَّرَقُ

كَرادِس تَترَي عَلَيها الدَّرَقُ

Nothing of them is seen except their eyes.

Nothing of them can be seen but the eye sockets,

Squadrons follow one another, shields upon them,

Like armored vehicles over which the coats of mail flow,

وَاُسدُ غابٍ فَوقَهُنَّ الخَلَقُ

وَاُسدُ غابٍ فَوقَهُنَّ الخَلَقُ

وَالتَّركُ مِن فَوقِ الرُّؤُوسِ تَبرُقُ

وَالتَّركُ مِن فَوقِ الرُّؤُوسِ تَبرُقُ

And lions of the forest, worn garments over them.

And lions in ambush above them, the most sublime,

And helmets flash above their heads,

And the Turks above the heads gleaming,

كَالهُندُ وانِىِّ عَلاهُ الرَّونَقُ

كَالهُندُ وانِىِّ عَلاهُ الرَّونَقُ

يَعلُو عَلَيها لُمَعٌ وَسَفسَقُ

يَعلُو عَلَيها لُمَعٌ وَسَفسَقُ

Like an Indian blade overlaid with lustre.

Like Indians, elevated in prestige,

Glints and watered-steel patterns appear upon them.

Rising over them is a glitter and clinking of swords,

وَالبِيضُ فى اَيمانِهِم تَأَلَّقُ

وَالبِيضُ فى اَيمانِهِم تَأَلَّقُ

وَذُبّل فِيها شَباً مُذَلَّقُ

وَذُبّل فِيها شَباً مُذَلَّقُ

And bright swords glitter in their right hands,

And the white in their right hands shining,

And slender spears bear keenly sharpened points.

And withered among them a dejected elderly,

يَطيرُ فَوقَ رُؤسِهِنَّ السَّرَقُ

يَطيرُ فَوقَ رُؤسِهِنَّ السَّرَقُ

وَاللامِعاتُ فَوقَهُنَّ تَخفِقُ

وَاللامِعاتُ فَوقَهُنَّ تَخفِقُ

Silken cloth flies above their heads,

Flying above their heads are the thieves,

And gleaming banners flutter above them.

And the shiny ones above them fluttering,

وَدُونَهُنّ عارِض مُستَبرِقُ

وَدُونَهُنّ عارِض مُستَبرِقُ

وَفَوقَها قَساطِل وَصِيَقُ

وَفَوقَها قَساطِل وَصِيَقُ

And beneath them, a cloud flashing lightning,

And below them a resistant advancing,

And above them, dust-clouds and flying dust.

And above it large bodies and neighing,

يُثيرُها مِن تَحتَهِنَّ المَأزِقُ

يُثيرُها مِن تَحتَهِنَّ المَأزِقُ

يَجيشُ مِنها بِالوَجِيفِ العَرَقُ

يَجيشُ مِنها بِالوَجِيفِ العَرَقُ

The crush of battle stirs it up from beneath them.

Stirred from beneath them is the narrow pass,

Sweat streams from them as they gallop.

Seething from it in the bowels is sweat,

فَلا يَنِى مِنها جَنِين مُزلَقُ

فَلا يَنِى مِنها جَنِين مُزلَقُ

يَترُكنَهُ وَسطَ العَجاجِ يَشهَقُ

يَترُكنَهُ وَسطَ العَجاجِ يَشهَقُ

Ceaselessly, miscarried foals slip from them;

So no weak fetus escapes from it,

They leave each amid the swirling dust, gasping.

They leave him in the middle of the mill stones panting,

يَفُوقُ مَرّاتٍ وَمَرّاً يَمأَقُ

يَفُوقُ مَرّاتٍ وَمَرّاً يَمأَقُ

يَدَعنَ رَحبَ الاَرضِ وَهوَ ضَيِّقُ

يَدَعنَ رَحبَ الاَرضِ وَهوَ ضَيِّقُ

It hiccups at times, and at times sobs.

Transcending times and times rushing,

They leave the broad earth narrow.

Leaving the expanse of the earth while it is narrow,

مُعَضِّلاً بِها البَلاطُ الاَخوَقُ

مُعَضِّلاً بِها البَلاطُ الاَخوَقُ

كُلًّ طِمَرٍّ لَحمُهُ مُمَشَّقُ

كُلًّ طِمَرٍّ لَحمُهُ مُمَشَّقُ

The smooth, wide-open plain grows cramped with them:

Perplexing thereby the smooth-stoned courtyard,

Every swift, long-legged steed, lean of flesh,

Each a pile whose flesh is ripped,

نَهدُ القُصَيرَي هَيكَلٌ شَمقمَقُ

نَهدُ القُصَيرَي هَيكَلٌ شَمقمَقُ

لَهُ قَراً وَعُنُق عَشَنَّقُ

لَهُ قَراً وَعُنُق عَشَنَّقُ

Full at the short rib, large-framed and towering,

The breast of the short one is a body, humpbacked,

With a back and a long, lofty neck.

It has horns and a twisted neck.