وَفِتيانِ صِدقٍ مِن عَدِيٍّ عَلَيهِمُ

وَفِتيانِ صِدقٍ مِن عَدِيٍّ عَلَيهِمُ

صَفائِحُ بُصرى عُلِّقَت بِالعَواتِقِ

صَفائِحُ بُصرى عُلِّقَت بِالعَواتِقِ

And true-hearted young men of ʿAdī, bearing

And youths true of promise from an enemy upon them

Blades of Buṣrā suspended from their shoulders.

Clear sights were hung with the virgins

إِذا ما دُعوا لَم يَسأَلوا مَن دَعاهُمُ

إِذا ما دُعوا لَم يَسأَلوا مَن دَعاهُمُ

وَلَم يُمسِكوا فَوقَ القُلوبِ الخَوافِقِ

وَلَم يُمسِكوا فَوقَ القُلوبِ الخَوافِقِ

Whenever they were summoned, they did not ask who had called them,

When called they asked not who called them

Nor did they hold their blades back above throbbing hearts.

Nor held back above their hearts pulsing

وَطاروا إِلى الجُردِ العِتاقِ فَأَلجَموا

وَطاروا إِلى الجُردِ العِتاقِ فَأَلجَموا

وَشَدّوا عَلى أَوساطِهِم بِالمَناطِقِ

وَشَدّوا عَلى أَوساطِهِم بِالمَناطِقِ

And they flew to the sleek, noble steeds and bridled them,

And flew to the bare steeds unfettered

And girded their waists with belts.

And fastened around their waists with belts

أولَئِكَ آباءُ الغَريبِ وَغاثَةُ الـ

أولَئِكَ آباءُ الغَريبِ وَغاثَةُ الـ

ـصَريخِ وَمَأوى المُرمِلينَ الدَرادِقِ

ـصَريخِ وَمَأوى المُرمِلينَ الدَرادِقِ

Those are fathers to the stranger and rescuers of the

They are the fathers of the stranger and rescuers of the

One crying for help, and a refuge for destitute little ones.

Screaming and shelter of the lightly-clad wrapt in blankets

أَحَلّوا حِياضَ المَوتِ فَوقَ جِباهِهِم

أَحَلّوا حِياضَ المَوتِ فَوقَ جِباهِهِم

مَكانَ النَواصي مِن وُجوهِ السَوابِقِ

مَكانَ النَواصي مِن وُجوهِ السَوابِقِ

They set the pools of death above their foreheads,

They put the courtyards of death above their brows

Where forelocks lie on the faces of fleet steeds.

Instead of foreheads from the faces of the outrunners