صابَت شَعائِرُهُ بُصرى وَفي رُمَحٍ

صابَت شَعائِرُهُ بُصرى وَفي رُمَحٍ

مِنهُ دُخانُ حَريقٍ كَالأَعاصيرِ

مِنهُ دُخانُ حَريقٍ كَالأَعاصيرِ

Its signs struck Busrā, and in Rumaḥ

His implements adorned Busra and on a lance

from it came smoke of a blaze, like whirlwinds.

Smoke of a burning like gales arises

أَفنى بِذي بَعلَ حَتّى بادَ ساكِنُها

أَفنى بِذي بَعلَ حَتّى بادَ ساكِنُها

وَكُلُّ قَصرٍ مِنَ الخِمّانِ مَعمورِ

وَكُلُّ قَصرٍ مِنَ الخِمّانِ مَعمورِ

It ravaged Dhū Baʿl until its inhabitants perished,

He destroyed Dhi Baal until its dwellers were gone

and every inhabited palace in al-Khimmān.

And every palace of lofty pillars was inhabited

فَأَعجَلَ القَومَ عَن حاجاتِهِم شُغُلٌ

فَأَعجَلَ القَومَ عَن حاجاتِهِم شُغُلٌ

مِن وَخزِ جِنٍّ بِأَرضِ الرومِ مَذكورِ

مِن وَخزِ جِنٍّ بِأَرضِ الرومِ مَذكورِ

Then a concern diverted the people from their needs,

So a task distracted the people from their needs

arising from the well-known pricking of jinn in the land of the Romans.

From the sting of a jinni in the land of Rome famed