وَتَوارَدوا حَوض المنيّة دون أن

وَتَوارَدوا حَوض المنيّة دون أن

تُسبى خفيرةُ أُختهم وَاِستَجمعوا

تُسبى خفيرةُ أُختهم وَاِستَجمعوا

They came one after another to Death’s pool rather than let

And they came in succession to death's pool rather than

their protected woman and their sister be carried captive; together they rallied.

let their sister's ward be taken captive; and they rallied.

وَألحّ كِسرى بالجنود عليهمُ

وَألحّ كِسرى بالجنود عليهمُ

وَطميح يردفُ بالسيوف ويدفعُ

وَطميح يردفُ بالسيوف ويدفعُ

Khosrow pressed relentlessly against them with his troops,

And Kisra pressed them hard with troops,

and, overweening, followed up with swords and drove the assault on.

And Tamih followed up with swords and drove forward.

كَم زادَهم مِن غارة ملموسةٍ

كَم زادَهم مِن غارة ملموسةٍ

بِالقبِّ تعطب والأسنّة تلمعُ

بِالقبِّ تعطب والأسنّة تلمعُ

How many a close-massed raid he heaped upon them,

How many a keenly felt raid he added to their lot,

at whose heart you perish while the spearheads flash!

With lean steeds perishing and spearheads gleaming.

وَهمُ عليهِ واردونَ بِطَرفهم

وَهمُ عليهِ واردونَ بِطَرفهم

وَالنصرُ تحتَ لِوائهم يترعرعُ

وَالنصرُ تحتَ لِوائهم يترعرعُ

Yet they came pouring against him with their vanguard,

And they advanced upon him on their steeds,

and victory beneath their banner burgeoned,

And victory flourished beneath their banner,

حتّى غدا الفرسيّ في أجنادهِ

حتّى غدا الفرسيّ في أجنادهِ

وَالقومُ جَرحى والمذاكي ظلّعُ

وَالقومُ جَرحى والمذاكي ظلّعُ

until the Persian, amid his forces, was left

Until the Persian was amid his troops,

with his men wounded and his finest steeds limping.

And the men were wounded and the mature steeds lame.

فَهُناك أُرجِفت البلادُ وَمَن بها ال

فَهُناك أُرجِفت البلادُ وَمَن بها ال

أحياءُ من يمنٍ ومن يتربّعُ

أحياءُ من يمنٍ ومن يتربّعُ

Then the land and all within it were thrown into alarm—the

Then the lands and those within them were shaken—the

clans of Yemen, and all who made their dwelling there.

tribes of Yemen and those who sought spring pasture.

وَتَحيّروا فَشفت صفيّةُ مفخراً

وَتَحيّروا فَشفت صفيّةُ مفخراً

وَدَعت قبائلَ شرّها لا يقلعُ

وَدَعت قبائلَ شرّها لا يقلعُ

They stood bewildered; then Ṣafiyya brought healing—a deed of pride—

And they were bewildered; then Safiyya excelled in glory,

and summoned tribes whose fury never abates:

And she summoned tribes whose fierceness never abates.

مِنها شهابٌ مع ظليم وشعثمٍ

مِنها شهابٌ مع ظليم وشعثمٍ

وَجدابة في حرّها يتلفّعُ

وَجدابة في حرّها يتلفّعُ

among them Shihāb, with Ẓulaym and Shaytham,

Among them were Shihab, with Zalim and Sha'tham,

and Jadābah, cloaked in the battle’s blaze,

And Jadaba, wrapping himself in its heat.

آجامُهم فيها الصوارم وَالقنا

آجامُهم فيها الصوارم وَالقنا

وَالسابريّة وَالوشيج الشرّعُ

وَالسابريّة وَالوشيج الشرّعُ

with mighty hosts bristling with keen swords and lances,

Their thickets contained keen-edged swords and lances,

Sābirī mail, and leveled washīj-wood spears.

And Sabiri mail and leveled spear-shafts.