وَجَرَّت سَنابِكَها بِالعِرا
قِ حَتّى تَرَكناهُ كَالمِشجَبِ
And she dragged her hooves through Iraq,
Her windows were adorned with spears
until we left it like a clothes rack.
Until we left it like an arched lodge
يَهُزّونَ كُلَّ طويلِ القَنا
ةِ مُعتَدِلَ النَصلِ وَالثَعلَبِ
They brandish every long spear,
They shake every tall, straight-speared one
straight in blade and shaft-tip.
Of moderate blade and slender shaft
كَأَنَّ وَغاهُم إِذا ما غَدَوا
ضَجيجُ قَطا بَلَدٍ مُخصِبِ
Their battle-clamor, when they set out at dawn, is like
As if their clamor when they marched forth
the cries of sandgrouse in a fertile land.
Were the hubbub of a fertile land
يُقَوِّمُنا واضِحٌ وَجهُهُ
كَريمُ المَضارِبِ وَالمَنصِبِ
One with a radiant face guides us,
He leads us with his face bright
noble in ancestry and rank,
Noble of stance and rank
أَغَرُّ يُضِئُ لَنا نورُهُ
إِذا ما اِنجَلَت غَمرَةُ المَوكِبِ
radiant, his light shining for us
Dazzling white, his light shines for us
when the throng of the cavalcade disperses.
When the gloom of his retinue disperses
تَظَلُّ القَنابِلُ يَكسونهُ
رِواقاً مِنَ النَقعِ لَم يُطنَبِ
The squadrons keep cloaking him
Bombards canopy him
in a canopy of dust, not held by tent ropes.
With a porch of outspread hides unadorned
أُعينَ بِنا وَنُصِرنا بِهِ
وَمَن يَنصُرِ اللَهُ لا يُغلَبِ
He was aided by us, and we were given victory through him;
He helps us and makes us victorious through Him
and whoever God helps cannot be defeated.
And he whom God helps cannot be overcome
فَداؤُكَ أُمّي وَأَبناؤُها
وَإِن شِئتَ زِدتُ عَلَيهِم أَبي
May my mother and her sons be your ransom,
Your mother's ransom, and her children's too
and if you wish, I will add my father to them.
And if you wish, I could add my father
فَمَن يَكُ مِنّا يَبِت آمِناً
وَمَن يَكُ مِن غيرِنا يَهرُبِ
So whoever is one of us spends the night safe,
So whoever is with us passes the night secure
and whoever is not one of us flees.
While whoever is not with us will flee
Sol 6.1