فَنَحنُ لَعَمري غَير شَك قَرارَنا

فَنَحنُ لَعَمري غَير شَك قَرارَنا

أَحَقُّ وَأَملي بِالحُروبِ وَأَنحَبُ

أَحَقُّ وَأَملي بِالحُروبِ وَأَنحَبُ

So we—by my life, beyond all doubt—our settled stand

So we, by my life, beyond all doubt, stand our ground,

is worthier, more enduring in war, and braver.

Worthier, more capable in war, and more resolute.

إِذا ما دَعى داعي الصَباحِ أَجابَهُ

إِذا ما دَعى داعي الصَباحِ أَجابَهُ

فَوارِس مِنّا كُلَّ يَومٍ مُجَرّبُ

فَوارِس مِنّا كُلَّ يَومٍ مُجَرّبُ

Whenever the herald of the dawn raid calls, he is answered

Whenever the caller of dawn calls, he is answered

by horsemen of ours, each day tested and proven.

By horsemen of ours, battle-tested every day.

وَيَومَ بِبِسطامِ العَريضَةِ إِذا حَوَت

وَيَومَ بِبِسطامِ العَريضَةِ إِذا حَوَت

شَدَدنا لَهُم أَوزارَها بِالتَلَبُّبُ

شَدَدنا لَهُم أَوزارَها بِالتَلَبُّبُ

And that day at broad Bistam, when it closed round,

And on a day at broad Bistam, when it closed in,

we girded on its war-gear against them, cinching it tight;

We fastened its burdens upon them, girding ourselves for battle.

وَنَقلُبُها وِزراً كَأَنّ صُدورَها

وَنَقلُبُها وِزراً كَأَنّ صُدورَها

من الطعن تطلى بالسني المخضب

من الطعن تطلى بالسني المخضب

and we bore it as a burden, as though its foremost ranks

And we wheel them, burdened, as though their breasts

were painted by spear-thrusts with gleaming blood-red dye.

From spear-thrusts were painted with dyed sanī.