فيهin it رماتكyour archers عدّةthe mainstay الغزوwarfare الألىwho
فيه رماتك عدّة الغزو الألى
لهمthey have الإصابةhitting the mark فيهin it والتسديدُand accurate aim
لهم الإصابة فيه والتسديدُ
In it are your archers, the mainstay of warfare, who
In your shooting arrows are instruments of conquest supreme, They never miss their mark nor swerve aside, Though Arabs’ bows pursue them fiercely, no shield can Turn back their flight when once your arrows are sped. And the helmets the Turks wear cannot save them When you have aimed from behind those helmets their death. When your bright swords flash forth, their gleam is lightning, And when our steeds career, their gallop is thunder; And each of our chargers is forced by the yearning Within him to race like a torrent adown a ravine. He carries his rider to plunge in the carnage, Seeking the enemy’s heart as a passionate lover seeks The heart of the maid he adores. And brightly your lover Comes riding to you, like a star shooting flame; He spurns every fear, he rides straight as an arrow, To scatter your foes from around you, beloved, And strike down the knaves who dare talk of dishonour.
Hit their marks there and aim true.
فقسيّهمso their bows عربيةArabian مهماwhenever رمتthey shoot
فقسيّهم عربية مهما رمت
أصمتthey kill outright فماso there is no عنfrom نبلهنّtheir arrows محيدُescape
أصمت فما عن نبلهنّ محيدُ
Their bows are Arabian; whenever they shoot,
They kill outright—there is no escape from their arrows.
وعمائمand turbans تركيةTurkish منfrom خلفهاbehind them
وعمائم تركية من خلفها
سدلواthey let hang down شعوراًlocks of hair زانهاadorned them تجعيدُcurls
سدلوا شعوراً زانها تجعيدُ
And Turkish turbans, from behind which
They let locks hang down, adorned with curls.
وكأنماand as though لمعthe gleam السيوفthe swords بوارقflashes of lightning
وكأنما لمع السيوف بوارق
وكأنّand as though تصهالneighing الخيولthe horses رعودُpeals of thunder
وكأنّ تصهال الخيول رعودُ
And the gleam of swords is like flashes of lightning,
And the horses' neighing is like peals of thunder.
منfrom كلّevery نهدٍpowerfully built ضامرٍlean عبلstout الشوىthe limbs
من كلّ نهدٍ ضامرٍ عبل الشوى
منهfrom it إلىtoward نحرthe throat العدوّthe enemy نهودُa forward charge
منه إلى نحر العدوّ نهودُ
From every powerful, lean steed, stout of limb,
Comes a charge toward the enemy's throat.
منamong أشهبٍa grey steed مثلlike الشهابthe shooting star بنارهwith its fire
من أشهبٍ مثل الشهاب بناره
يرميit pelts رجيمan accursed one منamong عداكyour foes مريدُrebellious
يرمي رجيم من عداك مريدُ
Among them, a grey steed, like a shooting star that, with its fire,
Pelts an accursed rebel among your foes.
Partial English translation: 1 of 12 Arabic lines translated.
Sol 6.1