لاdo not تَجعَلَنَّever liken مُبَدَّناًa corpulent man ذاwith سُرَّةٍa navel
لا تَجعَلَنَّ مُبَدَّناً ذا سُرَّةٍ
ضَخماًvast سَرادِقُهُhis pavilion وَطيءَcomfortable المَركبِthe mount
ضَخماً سَرادِقُهُ وَطيءَ المَركبِ
Never liken a corpulent man with a prominent navel,
whose pavilion is vast and whose mount is comfortable,
كَأَغَرَّlike an illustrious man يَتَّخِذُhe makes السُيوفَthe swords سُرادِقاًa pavilion
كَأَغَرَّ يَتَّخِذُ السُيوفَ سُرادِقاً
يَمشيhe walks بِرايَتِهِwith his banner كَمَشيlike the gait of الأَنكَبِthe swaying lion
يَمشي بِرايَتِهِ كَمَشي الأَنكَبِ
to an illustrious man who makes swords his pavilion,
marching with his banner like a swaying lion.
فتحَconquered الالهُGod بشدَّةٍthrough a fierce charge قَدhad شَدَّهاhe launched it
فتحَ الالهُ بشدَّةٍ قَد شَدَّها
ماthat which بَينَbetween مَشرِقِthe east of أَهلِهاits people وَالمَغرِبِand the west
ما بَينَ مَشرِقِ أَهلِها وَالمَغرِبِ
God conquered, through a fierce charge he had launched,
all that lay between its people's east and the west.
جَمَعَbrought together ابنُthe son of مَروانَMarwan الأَغَرُّthe illustrious مُحمَّدٌّMuhammad
جَمَعَ ابنُ مَروانَ الأَغَرُّ مُحمَّدٌّ
بَينَbetween ابنِthe son of اشترِهمtheir Ashtar وَبَينَand between المصعَبِMus'ab
بَينَ ابنِ اشترِهم وَبَينَ المصعَبِ
Muhammad, Marwan's illustrious son, brought together
their Ashtar's son and Mus'ab.