الآنnow أفْرَخَsubsided رَوْعُfear كلّevery مُهَيَّدِbroken person
الآن أفْرَخَ رَوْعُ كلّ مُهَيَّدِ
وأُعِزّand was strengthened دينُthe faith مُحَمَّدٍMuhammad بِمُحَمَّدِby Muhammad
وأُعِزّ دينُ مُحَمَّدٍ بِمُحَمَّدِ
Now the fear of every broken soul has subsided,
Now every intimidated one is terrified,
And Muhammad's faith has been strengthened by Muhammad.
And the religion of Muhammad is honored through Muhammad.
إنْif كانَhas نَصْرُvictory اللَّهGod فَتّحَflung open بابَهُits gate
إنْ كانَ نَصْرُ اللَّه فَتّحَ بابَهُ
فأبوكَthen your father بادرَhastened قَرْعَهُknocking upon it بِمُهنَّدِwith an Indian-steel sword
فأبوكَ بادرَ قَرْعَهُ بِمُهنَّدِ
If God's victory has flung its gate open,
If the victory of Allah opened its doors,
Then your father hastened to knock upon it with a sword of Indian steel.
Your father took the initiative to knock on it with spears.
واقتادَand led حِزْبَthe host اللَّهGod نَحوَtoward عَدُوِّهِhis enemy
واقتادَ حِزْبَ اللَّه نَحوَ عَدُوِّهِ
فالحرْبُfor war تَجْدَعُcuts off مَعْطِسَthe nose المُتَمرِّدِthe rebel
فالحرْبُ تَجْدَعُ مَعْطِسَ المُتَمرِّدِ
And led God's host toward his foe,
And he led the party of Allah towards their enemy,
For war cuts off the rebel's nose.
So war cripples the obstinate transgressor.
فيin جَحفَلٍa vast army يَعلُوrises عَلَيهِabove it قَتَامُهُits dust cloud
في جَحفَلٍ يَعلُو عَلَيهِ قَتَامُهُ
كَبُخارِlike the vapor of أخْضَرَa green sea بالعَواصِفِin the gales مُزْبِدِfoaming
كَبُخارِ أخْضَرَ بالعَواصِفِ مُزْبِدِ
In a vast army, above which its dust rises,
In a great army atop which its darkness towers,
Like the vapor of a green sea foaming in the gales.
Like the green steam amidst raging storms.
صُدِمَتْwere struck جفونُthe eyelids الفُنشِAlfonso منهfrom him بِمفعَمٍby a brimming host
صُدِمَتْ جفونُ الفُنشِ منه بِمفعَمٍ
بالأُسْدِwith lions فيin غَيْلِa thicket القَناthe spears المُتأوِّدِswaying
بالأُسْدِ في غَيْلِ القَنا المُتأوِّدِ
Alfonso's eyelids were struck by a host from him, brimming
The eyelids of the swords were dazzled by him with a piercing,
With lions in a thicket of swaying spears.
Like a lion in the thickets of the twisting valley.
وَكَأنَّماand as though احتَطَبَgathered as firewood العلوجَthe barbarians وساقَهَمْand drove them
وَكَأنَّما احتَطَبَ العلوجَ وساقَهَمْ
بِحَريقِwith a blaze ضَربٍof blows بِالصَّوارمِwith keen swords مُوقَدِkindled
بِحَريقِ ضَربٍ بِالصَّوارمِ مُوقَدِ
And as though he had gathered the barbarians as firewood and driven them
It is as if he gathered firewood and drove them,
With a blaze of blows, kindled by keen swords.
With a burning strike by the swords ignited.
صَدَعَتْshattered كتائبَهُhis battalions الظُّباthe sword-edges حتَّىuntil إذاwhen
صَدَعَتْ كتائبَهُ الظُّبا حتَّى إذا
هَمّتْmade for بهِhim أعطىshowed قَذَالَthe back of the head مُعَرِّدِa fugitive
هَمّتْ بهِ أعطى قَذَالَ مُعَرِّدِ
Sword-edges shattered Alfonso's battalions, until, when
His battalions crushed the hyenas until when
They made for him, he showed a fugitive's nape.
They attempted to attack him, he gave a deadly blow.
فيin لَيلَةٍa night لَبِسَتْrobed itself لِتَستُرَto conceal شَخْصَهُhis form
في لَيلَةٍ لَبِسَتْ لِتَستُرَ شَخْصَهُ
عنّاfrom us فلمso did not تَلْحَظْهُglimpse him عَينُthe eye الفَرقَدِFarqad, a star
عنّا فلم تَلْحَظْهُ عَينُ الفَرقَدِ
In a night that robed itself to hide his form
On a night that dressed to hide his persona from us
From us, so even Farqad's eye did not glimpse him.
So no eye of one awake glimpsed him.
أَمسىat nightfall he was يُكَذِّبُmaking denials مائِناًlying فيin ظُلمَةٍdarkness
أَمسى يُكَذِّبُ مائِناً في ظُلمَةٍ
خَفَرَتْهُsheltered him فهيَso it was لديهto him بَيضاءُwhite اليَدِof hand
خَفَرَتْهُ فهيَ لديه بَيضاءُ اليَدِ
At nightfall he made false denials in a darkness
He ended up denying hundreds in darkness
That sheltered him, and thus showed him a white hand of favor.
Which obscured him, yet to him it is white-handed.
وَلَّىfled يُحاكيmimics البرقَlightning لَمعُthe gleam مُجَرَّدٍa drawn sword
وَلَّى يُحاكي البرقَ لَمعُ مُجَرَّدٍ
والرَّعدَand thunder فيin حَذَرٍfear تحَمْحُمُwhinnying أجرَدِa sleek steed
والرَّعدَ في حَذَرٍ تحَمْحُمُ أجرَدِ
He fled; the gleam of a drawn sword mimicked lightning,
The shine of his unsheathed sword emulated lightning,
And, in alarm, a sleek steed's whinny mimicked thunder.
And thunder in caution, the tumult of the naked.
يعدوgallops الجوادُthe steed بهwith him علىover فُرسانِهِhis horsemen
يعدو الجوادُ به على فُرسانِهِ
صَرْعَىfallen كأنّهُمُas though they نشاوىdrunk مُرْقِدِa sleep-inducing drug
صَرْعَى كأنّهُمُ نشاوى مُرْقِدِ
The steed galloped with him over his horsemen,
The steed gallops with him over his horsemen
Fallen, as though drunk on a sleep-inducing drug.
Dead bodies as if they were sleeping.
مِنْof كُلِّevery ذيone with سَكَرينِtwo intoxications مِنfrom خَمرٍwine ومِنand from
مِنْ كُلِّ ذي سَكَرينِ مِن خَمرٍ ومِن
حَدٍّa blade-edge لِذيof one possessing فَتكٍdeadly violence عَلَيهِagainst him مُعَربِدِdrunkenly raging
حَدٍّ لِذي فَتكٍ عَلَيهِ مُعَربِدِ
Each doubly drunk, from wine and from
From every intoxicated one from wine and from
The edge of a death-dealer, drunkenly raging against him.
A sharpened blade for one with deadly assault upon him.
تُبْنَىare built الصّوامِعُthe minarets مِنfrom رُؤوسِهِمُtheir heads بماbecause
تُبْنَى الصّوامِعُ مِن رُؤوسِهِمُ بما
كَانَتthey used to علىfor هَدمِdemolishing الصَّوامِعِthe minarets تَغتَديset out at dawn
كَانَت على هَدمِ الصَّوامِعِ تَغتَدي
Minarets are built of their heads, because
Minarets are built from their heads for what
They used to set out at dawn to demolish minarets.
Used to demolish minarets voraciously.
وَالحَربُand war منwith بيضِegg-like helmets الذُّكورِthe males كَأنَّماas though
وَالحَربُ من بيضِ الذُّكورِ كَأنَّما
باضَتْlaid eggs بِهِنَّwith them رقائِدٌbrooding birds فيon الفَدفَدِthe barren plain
باضَتْ بِهِنَّ رقائِدٌ في الفَدفَدِ
And war, with the men's egg-like helmets, seemed as though
And war from the eggs of the cockerels as if
Brooding birds had laid them on the barren plain.
The leaders penetrated them in al-Fadfad.
Sol 6.1