جَدَعتُ عَلى الماهاتِ آنَفُ فارِسٍ

جَدَعتُ عَلى الماهاتِ آنَفُ فارِسٍ

بِكُلِّ فَتى مِن صُلبِ فارِسٍ حاذِرِ

بِكُلِّ فَتى مِن صُلبِ فارِسٍ حاذِرِ

At al-Māhāt, I cut off Persia's nose,

I confronted the nobles, the persians' most valiant knights,

with every youth sprung from the loins of a wary horseman.

With every youth descended from a lineage of knights, beware!

هَتَكتُ بُيوتَ الفُرسِ يَومَ لَقَيتهُم

هَتَكتُ بُيوتَ الفُرسِ يَومَ لَقَيتهُم

وَما كُلُّ مَن يَلقى الحُروبَ بِثائِرِ

وَما كُلُّ مَن يَلقى الحُروبَ بِثائِرِ

I ravaged the Persians' houses the day I met them,

I razed the persians' homes when I met them in battle,

and not everyone who faces wars is an avenger.

Though not every man who faces wars is unflinching.

حَبَستُ رُكابَ الفَيرَزانِ وَجَمعَهُ

حَبَستُ رُكابَ الفَيرَزانِ وَجَمعَهُ

عَلى فَتَرٍ مِن حَرِّها غَيرِ فاتِرِ

عَلى فَتَرٍ مِن حَرِّها غَيرِ فاتِرِ

I held back al-Fayrazān's mounts and his host,

I detained the persians' riders and their army

during a lull in their heat, myself unflagging.

In the fierce heat of battle, untiring.

هَدَمتُ بِهِ الماهاتِ وَالدَربُ بَغتَةً

هَدَمتُ بِهِ الماهاتِ وَالدَربُ بَغتَةً

إِلى غايَةٍ أُخرى اللَيالي الغَوابِرِ

إِلى غايَةٍ أُخرى اللَيالي الغَوابِرِ

With it, I suddenly razed al-Māhāt and the pass,

With it I demolished the nobles, and the path suddenly

toward another goal in the nights still to come.

Reached a different end, through the gloomy nights.