أَلَم يَنهَ عَنّا حَيُّ فارِسٍ إِنَّنا

أَلَم يَنهَ عَنّا حَيُّ فارِسٍ إِنَّنا

مَنَعناهُم مِن رَبعِهِم بِالصَوارِمِ

مَنَعناهُم مِن رَبعِهِم بِالصَوارِمِ

Have Persia’s people not told of us that we

Did not the living horseman of the Persians forbid us?

Barred them from their dwellings with keen swords?

We have prevented them from their quarters with swords

وَإِنّا أُناسٌ قَد نُعَوِّدُ خَيلَنا

وَإِنّا أُناسٌ قَد نُعَوِّدُ خَيلَنا

لِقاءَ الأَعادي بِالحُتوفِ الفَواطِمِ

لِقاءَ الأَعادي بِالحُتوفِ الفَواطِمِ

And we are a people who school our horses

We are a people who have accustomed our horses

To face our foes with deaths that sever life.

To meet the enemies with piercing blades

وَروزَ قَتَلنا حَيثُ أَرجَفَ خَدُّهُ

وَروزَ قَتَلنا حَيثُ أَرجَفَ خَدُّهُ

وَكُلُّ رَئيسٍ رازَنا بِالعَظائِمِ

وَكُلُّ رَئيسٍ رازَنا بِالعَظائِمِ

And Rawz we killed, when his cheek trembled,

And the day we killed wherever his cheek trembled

And every chief who tested us with mighty ordeals.

And every chieftain we struck with great blows

تَرَكنا حَصيداً لا أَنيسَ يجره

تَرَكنا حَصيداً لا أَنيسَ يجره

وَقَد شَفِيَت أَربابُهُ بِالأَعاجِمِ

وَقَد شَفِيَت أَربابُهُ بِالأَعاجِمِ

We left Hasid with no friendly soul to enter it,

We left a barren harvest no friend would drag away

And its lords had found relief through the non-Arabs.

And its masters were cured by the non-Arabs

وَإنّي لَراجي أن تُلاقي جُموعُهُم

وَإنّي لَراجي أن تُلاقي جُموعُهُم

غُدَيّا بِإِحدى المُنكَراتِ الصَوارِمِ

غُدَيّا بِإِحدى المُنكَراتِ الصَوارِمِ

And I surely hope that their hosts will meet

And I hope that their groups will encounter

Tomorrow morning with one of those dreadful, severing calamities.

Tomorrow one of the piercing swords

أَلا أَبلِغا أَسماءَ أَنَّ حَلِيلها

أَلا أَبلِغا أَسماءَ أَنَّ حَلِيلها

قَضى وَطَرا مِن رَوزَبِيِّ الأَعاجِمِ

قَضى وَطَرا مِن رَوزَبِيِّ الأَعاجِمِ

Hear this: you two, tell Asma that her husband

I will tell Asma that her husband

Has fulfilled his desire against Rawzabi of the non-Arabs,

Perished from the day of battle with the non-Arabs

غَداةَ صَبَحنا في حَصيدٍ جُموعَهُم

غَداةَ صَبَحنا في حَصيدٍ جُموعَهُم

بِهِندِيَّةٍ تَفري فِراخَ الجَماجِمِ

بِهِندِيَّةٍ تَفري فِراخَ الجَماجِمِ

The morning we attacked their hosts at Hasid

The morning we left their groups as a harvest

With an Indian blade that cleaves the small bones of skulls.

With an Indian sword that splits open skulls

وَروزَ أَصابَت بِالمَنايا فَأَوجَعَت

وَروزَ أَصابَت بِالمَنايا فَأَوجَعَت

سُيوفُ بَني عَمرٍو بِإِحدى العَظائِمِ

سُيوفُ بَني عَمرٍو بِإِحدى العَظائِمِ

And Rawz was struck with death and grievously hurt

And the day the swords of the tribe of Amr

By the swords of Banu Amr, with one of the mighty blows.

Struck with one of the great calamities