وَكَمand how many قَدindeed تَرَكناwe left فيin دِمَشقَDamascus وَأَرضَهاand its land
وَكَم قَد تَرَكنا في دِمَشقَ وَأَرضَها
منof أَشمَطَa gray-haired man موتورَbereaved of kin وَشَمطاءَand a gray-haired woman ثاكِلِbereaved of a child
من أَشمَطَ موتورَ وَشَمطاءَ ثاكِلِ
And how many we have left in Damascus and its land—
And how much we left in Damascus and its land
a bereaved gray-haired man and a gray-haired woman mourning her child,
Of grieving widows and childless mothers
وَعانِيَةٌand a captive woman صادَhunted down الرِماحthe spears حَليلَهاher husband
وَعانِيَةٌ صادَ الرِماح حَليلَها
فَاِضحَتso she became تُعَدُّcounted اليَومَtoday إِحدىone of الأَرامِلِthe widows
فَاِضحَت تُعَدُّ اليَومَ إِحدى الأَرامِلِ
and a captive woman whose husband the spears hunted down;
And a young woman whose husband met his fate
so today she is counted as one of the widows.
From the spears, now one of the widows
تَبكيshe weeps عَلىfor بَعلٍa husband لَهاof hers راحَwent forth غاوِياًastray
تَبكي عَلى بَعلٍ لَها راحَ غاوِياً
فَلَيسَso he is not إِلىuntil يَومِthe Day الحِسابِof Reckoning بِقافِلِreturning
فَلَيسَ إِلى يَومِ الحِسابِ بِقافِلِ
She weeps for her husband, who went forth astray,
She weeps for a husband who left confused
and will not return until the Day of Reckoning.
Not to return till the Day of Reckoning
وَإِنّاand indeed we أُناسٌa people ماnot تُصيبُstrike رِماحُناour spears
وَإِنّا أُناسٌ ما تُصيبُ رِماحُنا
إِذاwhen ماemphatic particle طعناwe thrust at القَومَthe foe غَيرَother than المَقاتِلِthe vital spots
إِذا ما طعنا القَومَ غَيرَ المَقاتِلِ
And we are a people whose spears never strike,
We are people whose spears when we strike
when we thrust at the foe, anything but the vital spots.
Spare none but fighters during the attack
Sol 6.1