وَنَحنُ قَتَلنا يَزد جَردٍ بِبَعجَةٍ

وَنَحنُ قَتَلنا يَزد جَردٍ بِبَعجَةٍ

مِنَ الرُعبِ إِذ وَلّى الفِرارَ وَغارا

مِنَ الرُعبِ إِذ وَلّى الفِرارَ وَغارا

And we killed Yazdegerd with a piercing stab

And we killed Yazd the coward in the morning

of terror, when he turned to flee and vanished.

When he turned in flight and hid away in fear

غَداةَ لَقيناهُم بِمُروٍّ تَخالُهُم

غَداةَ لَقيناهُم بِمُروٍّ تَخالُهُم

نُموراً عَلى تِلكَ الجِبال وَبارا

نُموراً عَلى تِلكَ الجِبال وَبارا

The morning we met them at Merv, you would think them

The next day we met them in Muroo while they deemed

shaggy leopards upon those mountains.

Themselves like tigers on those mountains and plains

قَتَلناهُم في حَربَةٍ طَحَنَت بِهِم

قَتَلناهُم في حَربَةٍ طَحَنَت بِهِم

غَداةَ الرَزيقِ إِذ أَرادَ حِوارا

غَداةَ الرَزيقِ إِذ أَرادَ حِوارا

We killed them in a spear-fight that ground them down,

We killed them in a battle that ground them down

on the morning at al-Raziq, when he sought a parley.

The next day at breakfast when they wanted talk

ضَمَمنا عَلَيهِم جانِبيهِم بِصادِقٍ

ضَمَمنا عَلَيهِم جانِبيهِم بِصادِقٍ

مِنَ الطَعنِ ما دامَ النَهارُ نَهارا

مِنَ الطَعنِ ما دامَ النَهارُ نَهارا

We hemmed them in on both flanks with unerring

We pressed on their flanks with true thrust of spears

spear-thrusts, as long as daylight remained daylight.

As long as daylight lasted, all day long

فَوَاللَهِ لَولا اللَه لا شَيءَ غَيرَهُ

فَوَاللَهِ لَولا اللَه لا شَيءَ غَيرَهُ

لَغادَت عَلَيهِم بِالرَزيقِ بَوارا

لَغادَت عَلَيهِم بِالرَزيقِ بَوارا

So, by God, were it not for God—nothing but Him—

By God, were it not for God and none but Him

it would have come upon them at al-Raziq at dawn, bringing ruin.

They would have perished by fate at breakfast time