لمdid not تبقِyou leave منof أنقرةٍAnkara نقرةًa speck
لم تبقِ من أنقرةٍ نقرةً
واجتحتand you swept away عموريةAmorium الكبرىthe great
واجتحت عمورية الكبرى
You left not even a speck of Ankara,
No chant remains of those who chanted,
and swept away great Amorium.
The great city lies in ruins.
إنif يشكhe complains توفيلُTheophilos بتاريخهin his chronicle
إن يشك توفيلُ بتاريخه
فحقَّthen it is right أنthat يعذرhe be excused بالشكوىfor complaining
فحقَّ أن يعذر بالشكوى
If Theophilos complains in his chronicle,
If Tawfiq doubts the time has passed,
then he is rightly excused for his complaint.
His doubts are surely understood.
تفنىperish بنوthe sons of العيصal-ʿĪṣ وايامهمand their days
تفنى بنو العيص وايامهم
وذكرand the memory of أيامكyour days لاdoes not يفنىperish
وذكر أيامك لا يفنى
The sons of al-ʿĪṣ and their days perish,
The sons of Eys perish in time
but the memory of your days does not perish.
Yet memory of your days lives on.
ياO ربLord قدindeed أملكتYou have granted mastery منover بابكBabak
يا رب قد أملكت من بابك
فاجعلso grant لتوفيلهمto their Theophilos العقبىthe final outcome
فاجعل لتوفيلهم العقبى
O Lord, You have indeed granted mastery over Babak;
My Lord, I come to beg at your gate -
so let their Theophilos meet that same end.
Grant Tawfiq's sons a bright future.
Sol 6.1