منof كلall عاصمةcapital الرشيدal-Rashid لاهلهاfor its people
من كل عاصمة الرشيد لاهلها
لمdid not يبقremain الاexcept طيفهاits phantom وخيالهاand its image
لم يبق الا طيفها وخيالها
Of al-Rashid’s entire capital, for its people
Of every glorious capital for its people
Nothing remains but its phantom and its image.
Only its specter and its shadow remain
ديستwas trampled باقدامby feet ثقيلheavy وطؤهاtheir tread
ديست باقدام ثقيل وطؤها
ارضland العروبةArabness سهلهاits plain وجبالهاand its mountains
ارض العروبة سهلها وجبالها
Beneath feet with a heavy tread was trampled
Trampled under heavy feet that marched over it
The land of the Arabs—its plain and its mountains.
The land of Arabism, its plains and its mountains
Sol 6.1