لِلَّهِto God دَرُّexcellence (expressing praise) عِصابَةٍa band لاقَيتَهُمyou encountered them
لِلَّهِ دَرُّ عِصابَةٍ لاقَيتَهُم
ياO اِبنَson of الحُقَيقِal-Huqayq وَأَنتَand you ياO اِبنَson of الأَشرَفِal-Ashraf
يا اِبنَ الحُقَيقِ وَأَنتَ يا اِبنَ الأَشرَفِ
God bless the band you encountered,
Praise be to God for a band I met
O Ibn al-Huqayq, and you, O Ibn al-Ashraf.
O son of truth, and O son of the most noble
يَسرونَthey travel by night بِالبيضِwith gleaming swords الخِفافِlightweight إِلَيكُمُtoward you
يَسرونَ بِالبيضِ الخِفافِ إِلَيكُمُ
بَطَراًexultantly كَأُسدٍlike lions فيin عَرينِa lair مُغرِفِthickly wooded
بَطَراً كَأُسدٍ في عَرينِ مُغرِفِ
They travel by night toward you with light, gleaming swords,
They attack with sharp swords
Exultant, like lions in a thickly wooded lair,
Like lions in a well-provisioned den
حَتّىuntil أَتَوكُمthey came to you فيin مَحَلِّthe dwelling-place of بِلادِكُمyour lands
حَتّى أَتَوكُم في مَحَلِّ بِلادِكُم
فَسَقَوكُمُthen they made you drink حَتفاًdeath بِبيضٍwith gleaming blades قَرقَفِwine (unclear in this context)
فَسَقَوكُمُ حَتفاً بِبيضٍ قَرقَفِ
Until they reached you at home in your own lands,
Until they came to your lands
Then made you drink death with gleaming blades [qarqaf, “wine,” is unclear here].
And quenched their thirst with white swords
مُستَبصِرينَclear-sighted بِنَصرِin supporting دينِthe faith of نَبِيِّهِمtheir Prophet
مُستَبصِرينَ بِنَصرِ دينِ نَبِيِّهِم
مُستَصغِرينَdeeming insignificant لِكُلِّwith regard to every أَمرٍmatter مُجحِفِruinous
مُستَصغِرينَ لِكُلِّ أَمرٍ مُجحِفِ
Clear-sighted in supporting their Prophet’s faith,
Seeking victory through their Prophet's faith
Deeming every crushing ordeal insignificant.
And scorning all sacrilegious affairs
Sol 6.1