لا بارَكَ اللَهُ في قَومٍ وَلا شَرِبوا
إِلّا أُجاجاً أَتَونا مِن سِجِستانا
May God not bless a people, nor may they drink
May God not bless a people who drank
Anything but bitter brine; they came to us from Sijistan,
Nothing but unmixed wine they brought from Sejistan.
مُنافِقينَ اِستَحَلّوا كُلَّ فاحِشَةٍ
كانوا عَلى غَيرِ تَقوى اللَهِ أَعوانا
Hypocrites who deemed every indecency lawful;
Hypocrites made lawful every abomination;
They were allies without fear of God.
They were, lacking fear of God, confederates.
أَلَم يَكُن مُؤمِنٌ فيهِم فَيُنذِرَهُم
عَذابَ قَومٍ أَتَوا لِلَّهِ عِصيانا
Was there no believer among them to warn them
Was there no believer to warn them
Of the punishment of a people who defied God?
Of a people's punishment when they disobeyed God?
وَكَم عَصا اللَهَ مِن قَومٍ فَأَهلَكَهُم
بِالريحِ أَو غَرَقاً بِالماءِ طوفانا
And how many peoples disobeyed God, and He destroyed them
How often nations disobeyed God, so He destroyed them
By wind, or by drowning in a flood of water!
With wind, or drowned them in a flood!
وَما لِقَومٍ عَدِيُّ اللَهِ قائِدُهُم
يَستَفتِحونَ إِذا لاقوا بَهيمانا
And why should a people whose leader is God's enemy,
When an evildoer leads them, what can a people do
Who seek victory when they encounter Bahiman,
Who encounter heroes when they try to conquer?
أَلّا يُعَذِّبَهُم رَبّي وَيَجعَلَهُم
لِلناسِ مَوعِظَةً يا أُمَّ حَسّانا
Not be punished by my Lord and made
Would that my Lord tormented them and made them
A lesson to mankind, O Umm Hassan?
An example, O Umm Hassân!
تَرى سَرابيلَهُم في البَأسِ مُحكَمَةً
مِن نَسجِ داوُدَ أَعطاها سُلَيمانا
In battle, you see their coats of mail firmly wrought,
You see their coats of mail in war well-woven
Of David's weaving—he gave them to Solomon.
Of links David gave Solomon.
تَقيهِمُ البَأسَ يَومَ البَأسِ إِذ رَكِبوا
سَوابِغٌ كَالأَضا بيضاً وَأَبدانا
They shield them from battle's fury on battle's day, when they rode:
These protected them in battle when they rode
Full-length mail like pools, with helmets and cuirasses.
Pure white steeds with excellent bodies.
Sol 6.1