قَناً لَم يَضِرها في الكَريهِةِ عِندَما

قَناً لَم يَضِرها في الكَريهِةِ عِندَما

طَعَنتَ بِها أن لا تَسُنَّ نِصالَها

طَعَنتَ بِها أن لا تَسُنَّ نِصالَها

Spears that were not impaired in battle when

A spear that you did not harm in the battle when

you thrust with them, though you had not sharpened their points.

You stabbed with it, so that its blades may not be blunted,

وَلَم تَصدِفُ الخَيلَ العِتاق عَن الرَدى

وَلَم تَصدِفُ الخَيلَ العِتاق عَن الرَدى

مُحاذَرَةٍ لِما وَزَّعتَ رِعالَها

مُحاذَرَةٍ لِما وَزَّعتَ رِعالَها

And you did not turn the noble steeds away from death

And the free horses did not shy from the attack

out of caution, when you deployed their squadrons,

Out of caution for what you have apportioned of its reins,

لَدى هُبوَةٍ ما كانَ سَيفُكَ تَحتَها

لَدى هُبوَةٍ ما كانَ سَيفُكَ تَحتَها

وَوَجهُكَ إِلّا شَمسَها وَهِلالَها

وَوَجهُكَ إِلّا شَمسَها وَهِلالَها

amid a dust cloud, beneath which your sword

At the time of an assault, your sword was not under it,

and your face were nothing but its sun and crescent moon.

And your face was nothing but its sun and its crescent.