لَو أَنَّ خَيلي أَدرَكَتكَ وَجَدتَهُم

لَو أَنَّ خَيلي أَدرَكَتكَ وَجَدتَهُم

مِثلَ اللُيوثِ بِسِترِ غِبِّ عَرينِ

مِثلَ اللُيوثِ بِسِترِ غِبِّ عَرينِ

If my cavalry had overtaken you, you would have found them

If my horses had reached you, you would have found them

like lions sheltered in the depths of a lair.

Like lions protecting their lair's hidden interior.

وَلَأَورِدَنَّ الخَيلَ بَطنَ أَراكَةٍ

وَلَأَورِدَنَّ الخَيلَ بَطنَ أَراكَةٍ

وَلَأَقضِيَنَّ بِفِعلِ ذاكَ دُيوني

وَلَأَقضِيَنَّ بِفِعلِ ذاكَ دُيوني

And I shall surely bring the cavalry into Arakah's hollow,

And I would have led the horses to Arakah's belly

and I shall surely repay my debts by doing that.

And with that deed paid off all my debts.

وَلَأَقتُلُنَّ حَجاحِجاً مِن بَكرِكُم

وَلَأَقتُلُنَّ حَجاحِجاً مِن بَكرِكُم

وَلَأَبكِيَنَّ بِها جُفونَ عُيونِ

وَلَأَبكِيَنَّ بِها جُفونَ عُيونِ

And I shall surely slay great chiefs from among your Bakr,

And I would have killed Hajjaj from among your youth

and thereby I shall surely make eyes' lids weep,

And with him made the eyelids of eyes weep.

حَتّى تَظَلَّ الحامِلاتُ مَخافَةً

حَتّى تَظَلَّ الحامِلاتُ مَخافَةً

مِن وَقعِنا يَقدِفنَ كُلَّ جَنينِ

مِن وَقعِنا يَقدِفنَ كُلَّ جَنينِ

until pregnant women go on, in fear

Until the pregnant women remain in fear

of our blows, casting out every unborn child.

Of our attack, miscarrying every fetus.