1. ناهضتهم والبارقات كأنها

    شعل على أيديهم تتلهب

    You rose against them, the flashing blades like

    flames blazing above their hands.

  2. ووقفت مشكور المكان كريمه

    والبيض تطفو في الغبار وترسب

    And you stood firm, praised for your stand and noble in it,

    while bright swords floated in the dust and sank.

  3. ما إن ترى إلا توقد كوكب

    من قونس قد غاب فيه كوكب

    You see nothing but the flare of a star

    from a helmet in which a star has vanished.

  4. فمجدل ومزمل وموسد

    ومضرج ومضمخ ومخضب

    So one lay felled, one shrouded, one pillowed,

    and one blood-drenched, one smeared, one dyed.

  5. سلبوا وأشرقت الدماء عليهم

    محمرة فكأنهم لم يسلبوا

    They were stripped, and blood shone upon them,

    crimson, as though they had not been stripped.

  6. ولو أنهم ركبوا الكواكب لم يكن

    لمجدهم من حد بأسك مهرب

    And even had they ridden the stars, there would have been

    no escape for their swiftest from your might’s keen edge.