إذاif دهىstruck خَطبٌa calamity فآراؤهthen his counsels
إذا دهى خَطبٌ فآراؤه
تُغنيsuffice عنin place of الجَيشِthe army وتَسريبِهِand its deployment
تُغني عن الجَيشِ وتَسريبِهِ
If a calamity strikes, then his counsels
Suffice in place of the army and its deployment.
وإنand if دجاgrew dark لَيْلٌa night بدَاappeared نورُهُhis light
وإن دجا لَيْلٌ بدَا نورُهُ
للرَّكْبِfor the caravan نجماًas a star فهيso it تَسريjourneys by night بِهِby it
للرَّكْبِ نجماً فهي تَسري بِهِ
And if night grows dark, his light appears
For the caravan as a star, so it journeys through the night by that light.