لقينا منهمُ جمعا

لقينا منهمُ جمعا

فأوفى الجمع ما آنا

فأوفى الجمع ما آنا

We met a host of theirs;

We met a band of them,

then the host came on, unwearied.

And the whole band did what I wished;

كأنا يوم قرّى

كأنا يوم قرّى

إنما نقتل إيّانا

إنما نقتل إيّانا

It was as though, on the day of Qarrā,

As though it were the day of Qurra

we were killing only ourselves.

For we were slaying only ourselves.

قتلنا منهم كلّ

قتلنا منهم كلّ

فتى أبيض حسّانا

فتى أبيض حسّانا

We killed among them every

We killed every one of them,

fair-skinned, very handsome youth,

A milk-white noble youth;

يرى يرفل في بر

يرى يرفل في بر

دين من أبراد نجرانا

دين من أبراد نجرانا

seen strutting in two

Wearing an embroidered robe,

cloaks from among Najran's cloaks;

A Najrani, the best of its sons.

إذا يسرحُ ضأنا

إذا يسرحُ ضأنا

مائة أتبعها ضانا

مائة أتبعها ضانا

when he sends sheep out to graze,

When he went forth to pasture his flocks,

a hundred, he sends more sheep after them.

A hundred sheep followed behind him.