أَلاLo! أَبلِغtell مُعاوِيَةَMuawiya بِنson of حَربٍHarb
أَلا أَبلِغ مُعاوِيَةَ بِن حَربٍ
فَلاso may ... not قَرَّتfind joy عيونُthe eyes of الشامِتيناthose who gloat
فَلا قَرَّت عيونُ الشامِتينا
Lo, tell Muawiya son of Harb:
So may the eyes of those who gloat never find joy.
قَتَلتُمyou (plural) slew خَيرَthe best of مَنthose who رَكِبَrode المَطاياthe mounts
قَتَلتُم خَيرَ مَن رَكِبَ المَطايا
وَخَيَّسَهاand tamed them وَمَنand those who رَكِبboarded السَفيناthe ships
وَخَيَّسَها وَمَن رَكِب السَفينا
You slew the best of those who rode mounts
and tamed them, and of those who boarded ships,
وَمَنand those who لَبِسwore النِّعالَthe sandals وَمَنand those who حَذاهاmade them
وَمَن لَبِس النِّعالَ وَمَن حَذاها
وَمَنand those who قَرأَrecited المَثانيَthe oft-repeated verses والمئيناand the hundred-verse surahs
وَمَن قَرأَ المَثانيَ والمئينا
and of those who wore sandals and those who made them,
and of those who recited the oft-repeated verses and the hundred-verse surahs.
إِذاwhen اِستَقبَلتَyou faced وَجهَthe face of أَبيAbu (father of) حُسَينٍHusayn
إِذا اِستَقبَلتَ وَجهَ أَبي حُسَينٍ
رَأَيتَyou saw البَدرَthe full moon راقَdelighted الناظِريناthe onlookers
رَأَيتَ البَدرَ راقَ الناظِرينا
When you looked upon Abu Husayn's face,
you saw the full moon delighting onlookers.
لَقَدsurely عَلِمَتknew قُرَيشٌQuraysh حَيثُwherever كانَتwas
لَقَد عَلِمَت قُرَيشٌ حَيثُ كانَت
بِأَنَّكَthat you are خَيرُهُمthe best of them حَسَباًin ancestral honor وديناand in faith
بِأَنَّكَ خَيرُهُم حَسَباً ودينا
Quraysh surely knew, wherever they were,
that you are the best of them in ancestral honor and faith.