Sol 6.1

  1. سَيَعْلَمُ جِيرانُ الَّذِينَ تَحَمَّلُوا

    إِذا ما فَلَلْنا الْبُرَّخَيْنِ وَقَيْصَرا

    The neighbors of those who departed will know,

    when we rout al-Burrakhayn and Caesar,

  2. وَآبَ أَبوُ شَرْوانَ أَقْبَحَ أَوْبَةً

    يَعَضُّ عَلَى الْإِبْهامِ أَبْكَمَ أَعْوَرا

    and Abu Sharwan returns with the most shameful homecoming,

    biting his thumb, mute and one-eyed,

  3. وَلَمْ يَسْتَقِمْ لِلْعُجْمِ عِزٌّ وَأَحْجَمَتْ

    وَوَلَّى رَعِيلٌ عِنْدَ ذاكَ وَقَهْقَرا

    and no might endures for the non-Arabs, and they draw back,

    and a troop turns away then and retreats,

  4. بِأَنِّي الَّذِي أَحْمِي الْقَطِينَ وَأَحْتَمِي

    وَأَضْرِبُ بِالْهِنْدِيِّ ضَرْباً مُذَكَّرا

    that it is I who guard the household and defend myself,

    and strike mighty blows with the Indian sword.

  5. يَظُنُّ بِنا جِيرانُنا شَرَّ ظِنَّةٍ

    وَقالُوا مَقالاً فِي الْبَرِيَّةِ مُنْكَرا

    Our neighbors suspect the worst of us,

    and have uttered a vile saying among humankind.

  6. وَلا بُدَّ مِنْ لُقْيا الْأَعاجِمِ مَرَّةً

    وَفَرُّوا فِراراً عَنْ بِلادِي مُشَمَّرا

    And we must encounter the non-Arabs once,

    and they fled my land in hurried flight.

  7. أَلا رُبَّ صِهْرٍ مَعْ صَدِيقٍ وَصاحِبٍ

    إِذا قَلِقا إِذْ رَأْيُهُ مُتَحَيِّرا

    Ah, many an in-law, with a friend and companion,

    when both grew anxious, as his judgment was confused,

  8. وَوَدَّعَ أَصْهاراً وَزَوْجاً كَرِيمَةً

    وَعَيْشاً رَخِيّاً عَنْهُ صارَ مُطَيَّرا

    bade farewell to in-laws and a noble wife,

    and a life of ease, from which he was sent flying.

  9. وَلَوْ شاوَرُونا ما أَشَرْنا عَلَيْهِمُ

    نَعَمْ وَحَمَيْناهُمْ عِشاً وَمُبَكِّرا

    And had they consulted us, we would not have advised them so;

    yes, and we would have guarded them, evening and early morning.

  10. وَما خَطَرُ الْفُرْسِيِّ كِسْرَى وَجُنْدِهِ

    إِذا ظَلَّ يَوْمٌ كاسِفُ الشَّمْسِ مُقْتِرا

    And what are the Persian Kisra and his army worth,

    when the day remains dust-laden, dimming the sun,

  11. وَعَضَّتْ بَنُو بَكْرٍ شِفاها وَكَلَّحَتْ

    بَنُو تَغْلِبٍ بَعْدَ الطِّعانِ تَغَشْمُرا

    and the sons of Bakr bite their lips, and teeth are bared

    by the sons of Taghlib after spear-fighting, in reckless fury,

  12. وَدارَتْ رَحانا قَبْلَ دَوْرِ رَحاهُمُ

    فَدَقَّتْهُمُ دَقَّ الرِّياحِ هَبا الثَّرَى

    and our millstone turns before their millstone turns,

    so it grinds them down as winds grind the earth's fine dust?

  13. فَصَبْراً إِلى ما تَدْنُ مِنَّا جُنُودُهُ

    وَتَلْبَسُ بِيضاً لِلْوَغَى وَسِنَوَّرا

    So be patient until his troops draw near us,

    and don helmets and armor for battle,

  14. وَيُقْحَمَ فِيها كُلُّ أَدْهَمَ سابِقٍ

    وَكُلُّ كُمَيْتٍ صادِقِ الْعَدْوِ أَجْمَرا

    and every swift black steed is driven into it,

    and every stoutly built bay steed, unfailing in its gallop.