فَخَرتُم بيوم الشَيِّطَينِ وغَيرُكُم

فَخَرتُم بيوم الشَيِّطَينِ وغَيرُكُم

يَضُرُّ بِيَومِ الشَّيِّطَينِ ويَنفَعُ

يَضُرُّ بِيَومِ الشَّيِّطَينِ ويَنفَعُ

You boasted of the day of al-Shayyitayn, though others

You boast of the day of Shaytan though others

bring harm and benefit on the day of al-Shayyitayn.

Are harmed by the day of Shaytan and benefitted,

وَجِئتُم بِهَا مَذمومةً عَنَزِيَّةً

وَجِئتُم بِهَا مَذمومةً عَنَزِيَّةً

تكادُ من اللُّؤمِ المُبينِ تَظلَعُ

تكادُ من اللُّؤمِ المُبينِ تَظلَعُ

And you brought it forth, blameworthy and ʿAnazite—

And you have come with it, blameworthy and disgraceful,

it almost limps from manifest baseness.

Almost overflowing with evident ignominy.

فإِن يكُ أقوامٌ أصيبُوا بغرَّةٍ

فإِن يكُ أقوامٌ أصيبُوا بغرَّةٍ

فأنتُم مِنَ الغاراتِ أَخزى وأوجَعُ

فأنتُم مِنَ الغاراتِ أَخزى وأوجَعُ

For if some people were struck unawares,

If there are people taken unaware,

then you are more disgraced and in greater pain from raids.

You are the most abject and grievous of raiders.

فَرِيقانِ منهُم مَن أتى البَحرُ دونهُ

فَرِيقانِ منهُم مَن أتى البَحرُ دونهُ

وَمُودٍ كَمَا أَودَت ثَمُودُ وتُبَّعُ

وَمُودٍ كَمَا أَودَت ثَمُودُ وتُبَّعُ

Two groups: some with the sea between us and them,

Two groups of them, one whom the sea engulfed

and others who perished, as Thamud and Tubbaʿ perished.

Like the engulfing of Thamud and Tubba's people.

وَما مِنكُمُ أَفناءَ بَكرِ بنِ وائلٍ

وَما مِنكُمُ أَفناءَ بَكرِ بنِ وائلٍ

لِغارَتِنَا إلا ذَلُولٌ مُوَقَّعُ

لِغارَتِنَا إلا ذَلُولٌ مُوَقَّعُ

And none of you, clans of Bakr ibn Waʾil,

And none of you are like the champions of Bakr ibn Wa'il

is anything but a docile, saddle-scarred beast in the face of our raid.

For our raid but humiliated and branded.