وغُرٍّand noble riders علىupon غُرٍّwhite-blazed جِيادٍfine steeds كأنَّماas though
وغُرٍّ على غُرٍّ جِيادٍ كأنَّما
قوائمُهاtheir legs يومon the day of الطِّرادِmounted combat قوادِمُprimary wing feathers
قوائمُها يوم الطِّرادِ قوادِمُ
And noble riders on fine, white-blazed steeds, as though
And horses upon horses, as though
And noble ones upon noble steeds, as though
their legs on the day of mounted combat were flight feathers.
Their forelegs on the day of the charge are arrivals
Their legs, on the day of the charge, were wings;
إذاwhenever ابتدرواthey rushed forward فيin مَأقِطٍa battlefield فرِحَتrejoiced بهمin them
إذا ابتدروا في مَأقِطٍ فرِحَت بهم
صدُورُthe breasts of المذاكيfull-grown steeds والقَناand the lances والصوارِمُand the keen swords
صدُورُ المذاكي والقَنا والصوارِمُ
Whenever they rush into the fray, they gladden
When they initiate in a plain, then the breasts
When they rush into the thick of battle, rejoice in them
the breasts of full-grown steeds, the lances, and the keen swords.
Of lances, arrows, and swords rejoice in them
The chests of the war-horses, the lances, and the sharp swords.
Sol 6.1