أَلَم تَرَنا غَداةَ المَقرِ جِئنا

أَلَم تَرَنا غَداةَ المَقرِ جِئنا

بِأَنهارٍ وَساكِنَها جِهارا

بِأَنهارٍ وَساكِنَها جِهارا

Did you not see us, on the morning at al-Maqr, when we came

Did you not see us the morning we left the camp

to Anhar and its inhabitants, openly?

With rivers and those living by them panicking?

قَتَلناهُمُ بِها ثُمَّ اِنكَفَأنا

قَتَلناهُمُ بِها ثُمَّ اِنكَفَأنا

إِلى يَمِّ الفُراتِ بِما اِستَجارا

إِلى يَمِّ الفُراتِ بِما اِستَجارا

We killed them there, then turned back

We killed them with it then returned

to the broad waters of the Euphrates, with those who sought refuge.

To the banks of the Euphrates with whoever sought refuge.

لَقينا مِن بَني الأَحرارِ فيها

لَقينا مِن بَني الأَحرارِ فيها

فَوارِسَ ما يُريدونَ الفِرارا

فَوارِسَ ما يُريدونَ الفِرارا

There we met, among the sons of the freeborn,

We met there the free men's sons

horsemen who had no wish to flee.

Whose horses longed to flee.

نَكُرُّ الخَيلَ حابِسَةً عَلَيهِم

نَكُرُّ الخَيلَ حابِسَةً عَلَيهِم

تَرى فينا مِنَ الطَعنِ اِزوِرارا

تَرى فينا مِنَ الطَعنِ اِزوِرارا

We wheeled the horses back against them, hemming them in;

We held back the horses, stabbing at them

you see us swerve aside under the spear-thrusts.

You could see our spears piercing violently.

وَما زِلنا بِهِم حَتّى أَتَينا

وَما زِلنا بِهِم حَتّى أَتَينا

عَلى أُخراهُم زَمَناً مُعارا

عَلى أُخراهُم زَمَناً مُعارا

And we kept at them until we had wiped out

We did not stop until we came upon

the last of them, in a span of borrowed time.

The last of them, destroying their era.