أدبرتَ قبلَ اللقاءِ منهَزِماً

أدبرتَ قبلَ اللقاءِ منهَزِماً

وكانَ ظنُّ الجنودِ أن تُقبِلْ

وكانَ ظنُّ الجنودِ أن تُقبِلْ

You turned tail before the encounter, defeated;

You fled before the battle in defeat

and the soldiers had expected you to advance.

While soldiers thought that you would meet

فاسمُك قد صار مُدْبراً أبداً

فاسمُك قد صار مُدْبراً أبداً

من بعدِ ما كان قبلَ ذا مُقْبِلْ

من بعدِ ما كان قبلَ ذا مُقْبِلْ

So your name has become Mudbir—“the retreating one”—forever,

So now your name will forever retreat

after having been Muqbil—“the advancing one”—before this.

After it was advancing to greet