لئِن كَسَفونا بِلا عِلَّةٍ

لئِن كَسَفونا بِلا عِلَّةٍ

وفازَتْ قِداحٌهُمْ بالظَّفَرْ

وفازَتْ قِداحٌهُمْ بالظَّفَرْ

Even if they have eclipsed us without cause,

Even if their ships prevailed without cause

and their gaming arrows have won victory,

And their wine cups were blessed with victory

فقد يكسِفُ المَرءَ مَنْ دونَهُ

فقد يكسِفُ المَرءَ مَنْ دونَهُ

كما يكسِفُ الشّمسَ جُرْمُ القَمَرْ

كما يكسِفُ الشّمسَ جُرْمُ القَمَرْ

for a man may be eclipsed by one beneath him,

Yet a man may be eclipsed by one less than him

just as the moon’s orb eclipses the sun.

As the sun is eclipsed by the moon's sphere