فَسِرنا إِلَيهِم كافَةً في رِحالِهِم

فَسِرنا إِلَيهِم كافَةً في رِحالِهِم

جَميعاً عَلَينا البيضُ لا نَتَخَشَّعُ

جَميعاً عَلَينا البيضُ لا نَتَخَشَّعُ

So we marched, all of us, to them in their encampments,

We traveled all together on our journeys

All together, with helmets upon us, we did not cower.

The Bayadh tribe among us do not grovel

وَجِئنا إِلى مَوجٍ مِنَ البَحرِ زاخِرٍ

وَجِئنا إِلى مَوجٍ مِنَ البَحرِ زاخِرٍ

أَحابيشَ مِنهُم حاسِرٌ وَمُقَنَّعُ

أَحابيشَ مِنهُم حاسِرٌ وَمُقَنَّعُ

And we came upon a surging wave of the sea:

And we came upon a tumultuous sea

Ahabish—some of them bareheaded, others helmeted.

Some defeated among them and some veiled