سُمْتَ السَّوَامَ به الحِمَامَ كأنَّما

سُمْتَ السَّوَامَ به الحِمَامَ كأنَّما

أُخِذَتْ بِشَأْنٍ من ذوي الشَّنْآنِ

أُخِذَتْ بِشَأْنٍ من ذوي الشَّنْآنِ

With it you dealt death to the grazing herds, as though

You directed the doves with it towards the pigeons as if

they had been held to account for some deed of hostile men.

They had been accused of associating with the wicked

وتَبِعْتَها ذاتَ الجَنَاح كأنَّما

وتَبِعْتَها ذاتَ الجَنَاح كأنَّما

فَعَلَتْ جُناحاً قَبْلُ في الطَّيَرَانِ

فَعَلَتْ جُناحاً قَبْلُ في الطَّيَرَانِ

And after them you pursued the winged creatures, as though

And the winged ones followed them as if

they had earlier committed a sin in flight,

They had flown before in the sky

حتى غَدَا حَمَلُ السَّمَاءِ وثَوْرُها

حتى غَدَا حَمَلُ السَّمَاءِ وثَوْرُها

حَذِرَيْنِ مما حَلَّ بالحُمْلانِ

حَذِرَيْنِ مما حَلَّ بالحُمْلانِ

until heaven's Ram and its Bull became

Until the burden of the sky and its raging

both wary of what had befallen the lambs.

Became cautious of what befell the two burdens

نارٌ بأَرْجَاءِ المَرِيَّةِ سِقْطُها

نارٌ بأَرْجَاءِ المَرِيَّةِ سِقْطُها

مُزْرٍ ببيتِ النارِ في أَرْجَانِ

مُزْرٍ ببيتِ النارِ في أَرْجَانِ

A fire in the reaches of Almería—its sparks

A fire whose sparks were in the pastures

put the fire temple in Arjan to shame.

Ambers in the home of fire among embers

فَلَوِ المَجُوْسُ تَجُوْسُ بين ديارِنا

فَلَوِ المَجُوْسُ تَجُوْسُ بين ديارِنا

أَمَتْ لَدَيْكَ عبادةَ النِّيْرَانِ

أَمَتْ لَدَيْكَ عبادةَ النِّيْرَانِ

Were the Magians to roam among our dwellings,

So if the Magi wandered between our homes

they would seek to worship the fires in your presence.

They would have perished before you, worshipping the fires