قَطَعناwe crossed أَباليسَdevils البِلادِthe land بِخَيلِناwith our horses
قَطَعنا أَباليسَ البِلادِ بِخَيلِنا
نُريدُwe seek سِوىSiwa مِنfrom آبداتِwild beasts قُراقِرِQuraqir
نُريدُ سِوى مِن آبداتِ قُراقِرِ
We crossed the land’s devils with our horses,
We galloped our horses across the lands
Seeking Siwa from amid Quraqir’s wild beasts.
Seeking nothing but the most splendid gifts
فَلَمّاand when صَبَحناwe raided at dawn بِالمُصَيَّخِat al-Musayyakh أَهلَهُits people
فَلَمّا صَبَحنا بِالمُصَيَّخِ أَهلَهُ
وَطارَand took flight إِباريIbari كَالطُيورِlike the birds النَوافِرِthe frightened ones
وَطارَ إِباري كَالطُيورِ النَوافِرِ
And when we raided its people at al-Musayyakh at dawn,
When we reached Al-Musayyakh at dawn
And Ibari took flight like frightened birds,
Its people took flight like chattering birds
أَفاقَتrecovered بِهاin it بَهراءَBahra ثُمَّthen تَجاسَرَتventured boldly
أَفاقَت بِها بَهراءَ ثُمَّ تَجاسَرَت
بِناbearing us العيسُthe pale camels نَحوَtoward الأَعجَمِيُّthe foreigner القُراقِرِthe roaring one
بِنا العيسُ نَحوَ الأَعجَمِيُّ القُراقِرِ
Bahra recovered there; then ventured boldly
Among them a dazed damsel then dared
The pale camels, bearing us toward the roaring foreigner.
To face us - the foreign horseman invaders
Sol 6.1