يا عَمرُو لَو أَبصَرتَني

يا عَمرُو لَو أَبصَرتَني

لَرَفَوتَني في الخَيلِ رَفوا

لَرَفَوتَني في الخَيلِ رَفوا

O Amr, if you had seen me,

O Amro, had you seen me

you would surely have soothed me among the horses,

You would have mounted me on the horses, mounting

وَالبيضُ تَلمَعُ بَينَهُم

وَالبيضُ تَلمَعُ بَينَهُم

تَعصو بِها الفُرساُ عَصوا

تَعصو بِها الفُرساُ عَصوا

while the white blades gleamed among them,

And the swords gleam among them

the horsemen striking with them.

The steeds stirred with them, stirring

فَلَقيتُ مِنّي عِربِداً

فَلَقيتُ مِنّي عِربِداً

يَقطو أَمامَ الخَيلِ قَطوا

يَقطو أَمامَ الخَيلِ قَطوا

Then I found in myself a serpent,

So I encountered from me a crushing charge

taking short steps before the horses.

That rushes ahead of the horses, rushing

لَمّا رَأَيتُ نِساءَهُم

لَمّا رَأَيتُ نِساءَهُم

يَدخُلنَ تَحتَ البَيتِ حَبوا

يَدخُلنَ تَحتَ البَيتِ حَبوا

When I saw their women

When I saw their women

crawling in beneath the tent,

Enter under the abode, entering

وَسَمِعتُ زَجرَ الخَيلِ في

وَسَمِعتُ زَجرَ الخَيلِ في

جَوفِ الظَلامِ هَبي وَهَبوا

جَوفِ الظَلامِ هَبي وَهَبوا

and heard the cries urging the horses in

And I heard the neighing of the horses in

the depths of darkness: 'Rise!' and 'Rise, all of you!'

The belly of the darkness, neighing and neighing

في فَيلَقٍ مَلمومَةٍ

في فَيلَقٍ مَلمومَةٍ

تَسطو عَلى الخِبراتِ سَطوا

تَسطو عَلى الخِبراتِ سَطوا

in a closely massed host,

In a cursed regiment

charging fiercely across the rainwater hollows,

That ravages the ruins, ravaging

أَقبَلتُ أَفَلي بِالحُسا

أَقبَلتُ أَفَلي بِالحُسا

مِ مَعاً رُؤوسَ القَومِ فَلوا

مِ مَعاً رُؤوسَ القَومِ فَلوا

I advanced, cleaving with the keen

I came charging, separating with the swords

sword the men's heads, all together.

Together the heads of the people, separating