أَتاني حَديثٌ فَكَذَّبتُهُ

أَتاني حَديثٌ فَكَذَّبتُهُ

وَقيلَ خَليلُكَ في المَرمَسِ

وَقيلَ خَليلُكَ في المَرمَسِ

A report reached me, but I disbelieved it.

A tale came to me, and I denied it,

And it was said: "Your dear friend is in the grave."

And it was said your friend is at Al-Marms.

فَيا عَينُ أَبكي حُضَيرَ النَدى

فَيا عَينُ أَبكي حُضَيرَ النَدى

حُضَيرَ الكَتائِبِ وَالمَجلِسِ

حُضَيرَ الكَتائِبِ وَالمَجلِسِ

So, O eye, weep for Hudayr the generous,

So oh eye, cry for the meadows of dew

Hudayr of the battalions and the council.

The meadows of sorrows and council.

وَيَوم شَديد أُوارِ الحَديدَ

وَيَوم شَديد أُوارِ الحَديدَ

تَقَطَّعُ مِنهُ عُرى الأَنفُسِ

تَقَطَّعُ مِنهُ عُرى الأَنفُسِ

And on a day of iron's fierce blaze,

And a mighty day of clashing irons

When the bonds of souls were torn apart,

Where souls are severed by their blades.

صَليتَ بِهِ وَعَلَيكَ الحَديدَ

صَليتَ بِهِ وَعَلَيكَ الحَديدَ

ما بَينَ سَلعٍ إِلى الأَعراسِ

ما بَينَ سَلعٍ إِلى الأَعراسِ

You braved its fire, clad in iron,

You prayed with it, and the iron was upon you

Between Salʿ and al-Aʿrās.

From Sal‘ to Al-A‘ras.

فَأَودى بِنَفسِكَ يَومَ الوَغى

فَأَودى بِنَفسِكَ يَومَ الوَغى

وَنُقيُ ثِيابِكَ لَم تَدنَسِ

وَنُقيُ ثِيابِكَ لَم تَدنَسِ

So it took your life on the day of battle,

So you sacrificed yourself on the day of battle

And your garments' purity remained unstained.

And your clothes, unsoiled, were not dirtied.