أَحاوَلتُمdid you try? كيماso that تُطِلّواyou leave unavenged دِماءَناour blood
أَحاوَلتُم كيما تُطِلّوا دِماءَنا
وَإِنand if تَغفُلواyou are heedless فاللَّهُthen God لَيسَis not بِغافِلِheedless
وَإِن تَغفُلوا فاللَّهُ لَيسَ بِغافِلِ
Did you try to leave our blood unavenged?
You have tried to shed our blood for too long
And if you are heedless, God is not heedless.
And even if you are heedless, Allah is never heedless
وَماand did not زالَcease كَرُّcharging الخَيلِthe horses حَتّىuntil أَقادَكُمexacted vengeance from you
وَما زالَ كَرُّ الخَيلِ حَتّى أَقادَكُم
مُغَلغَلةًtightly bound أَعناقُكُمyour necks فيin السَّلاسلِthe chains
مُغَلغَلةً أَعناقُكُم في السَّلاسلِ
The horses kept charging until they exacted vengeance from you,
The neighing of horses did not stop until it led you
your necks tightly bound in chains.
With your necks shackled in chains
مَشَيناwe marched فَسَوّيناthen we leveled القُبورَthe graves فأَصبَحَتso they became
مَشَينا فَسَوّينا القُبورَ فأَصبَحَت
لَهاfor them حاجِزٌa barrier عَنfrom نَسلِهاtheir offspring المُتَفاضِلِdiffering in merit
لَها حاجِزٌ عَن نَسلِها المُتَفاضِلِ
We marched and leveled the graves, so now
We walked and leveled the graves so they became
a barrier separates them from their offspring of differing merit.
A barrier for their distinguished offspring
وَهَلand has? سَبَقَتناeluded us قَبلَكُمbefore you مِنany قَبيلَةٍtribe
وَهَل سَبَقَتنا قَبلَكُم مِن قَبيلَةٍ
بوِترٍwith a blood debt فَتَقتاسواso you might take an example بإِحدىfrom one of القَبائِلِthe tribes
بوِترٍ فَتَقتاسوا بإِحدى القَبائِلِ
And has any tribe before you ever eluded us
Did any tribe precede you more deserving of devastation
in a blood feud, that you might take one of the tribes as your example?
That you seek to annihilate it along with the other tribes
Sol 6.1