أرادwished بنوthe sons of عمروʿAmr لتهلكthat you should perish ضيعةforsaken
أراد بنو عمرو لتهلك ضيعة
فقدso indeed تركتwere left أجسادهمtheir bodies بمضيعin a wasteland
فقد تركت أجسادهم بمضيع
The sons of ʿAmr wished you to perish, forsaken;
The clan of Amr wished to destroy the farm
So their bodies have been left in a wasteland.
Yet their bodies were left wasted in the ruins
ستبلغwill reach أهلthe people of الشامal-Shām عناfrom us وقيعةa battle
ستبلغ أهل الشام عنا وقيعة
صفاbelonged solely ذكرهاits renown للحنظليto al-Ḥanẓalī وكيعWakīʿ
صفا ذكرها للحنظلي وكيع
News of a battle of ours will reach the people of al-Shām,
News of our battle will reach the people of Syria
Whose renown belongs solely to Wakīʿ al-Ḥanẓalī.
Pure is the mention of it to Hanzala and Kai
وقدand indeed أسندتentrusted أهلthe people of العراقIraq أمورهاtheir affairs
وقد أسندت أهل العراق أمورها
إلىto حاملa protector of منthose whom حملوهthey entrusted to him منيعunassailable
إلى حامل من حملوه منيع
And the people of Iraq have entrusted their affairs
And the people of Iraq have entrusted it’s affairs
To an unassailable protector of those they entrusted to him.
To a carrier whom they have appointed unassailable
لهhe has رايةa banner بالثغرat the frontier سوداءblack لمhas not تزلceased
له راية بالثغر سوداء لم تزل
تفضare scattered بهاby it للمشركينof the polytheists جموعhosts
تفض بها للمشركين جموع
His black banner at the frontier has never ceased
He has a black banner at the frontier which has not ceased
To scatter the polytheists’ hosts.
To defeat therewith multitudes of polytheists
مباركةblessed تهديguides الجنودthe troops كأنهاas though it were
مباركة تهدي الجنود كأنها
عقابan eagle نحتtilted منsome of ريشهاher feathers لوقوعto alight
عقاب نحت من ريشها لوقوع
Blessed, it guides the troops, as though it were
Blessed, guiding the soldiers as if it were
An eagle tilting some of her feathers to alight.
An eagle sculpted from its feathers for falling
علىin طاعةobedience to المهديal-Mahdī لمhas not يبقremained غيرهاany other than it
على طاعة المهدي لم يبق غيرها
فأبناso we returned وأمرand the cause of المسلمينthe Muslims جميعunited
فأبنا وأمر المسلمين جميع
In obedience to al-Mahdī; none but it remained.
Upon obeying the Mahdi none remains but it
So we returned, with the Muslims’ cause united,
So our sons and the affairs of all Muslims
علىin خيرthe best state ماthat كانتwas تكونcould be جماعةa community
على خير ما كانت تكون جماعة
علىupon الدينthe faith ديناa faith ليسthere are no فيهwithin it صدوعfissures
على الدين دينا ليس فيه صدوع
In the finest state a community could ever be,
Are in the best state of what would be a group
Upon the faith—a faith without fissures.
Upon the religion, a faith in which there is no rifts
Sol 6.1