غَداًtomorrow يَوْمُa day فَصْلٍdecision لِلْفَرِيقَيْنِfor the two sides فَاصْبِرِيso be steadfast
غَداً يَوْمُ فَصْلٍ لِلْفَرِيقَيْنِ فَاصْبِرِي
وَكُرِّيand charge عَلَىagainst الْأَبْطالِthe champions كَرَّthe charge of الْمُدَوَّرِthe encircled warrior
وَكُرِّي عَلَى الْأَبْطالِ كَرَّ الْمُدَوَّرِ
Tomorrow is a day of decision for the two sides, so be steadfast.
And charge at the champions as an encircled warrior charges.
بِذَلكَwith that أَوْصانِيhe counseled me حِصانِيmy stallion وَقالَand he said لِيto me:
بِذَلكَ أَوْصانِي حِصانِي وَقالَ لِي:
تَصَبَّرْbe steadfast غَداًtomorrow ياO تَغْلِبِيُّman of Taghlib وَشَمِّرِand gird yourself
تَصَبَّرْ غَداً يا تَغْلِبِيُّ وَشَمِّرِ
Thus my stallion counseled me and said to me:
Be steadfast tomorrow, O Taghlibi, and gird yourself.
وَأُلْبِسْتُand I was clothed ثَوْبَthe robe of الْعِزِّglory عِنْدَat صَباحِهِits dawn
وَأُلْبِسْتُ ثَوْبَ الْعِزِّ عِنْدَ صَباحِهِ
وَلِيand I have عَضُدٌan arm مَوْصُولَةٌjoined بِمُذَكَّرِto a tempered sword
وَلِي عَضُدٌ مَوْصُولَةٌ بِمُذَكَّرِ
And I was clothed in the robe of glory at its dawn,
And I have an arm joined to a tempered sword.
وَتَغْلِبُand Taghlib قَوْمِيmy people لاnot تُرامَcan be assailed إِذاwhen عَدَتْit charges
وَتَغْلِبُ قَوْمِي لا تُرامَ إِذا عَدَتْ
إِلَىinto مَعْرَكٍa battlefield فِيin مُضْعَفاتِdouble layers of السَّنَوَّرِarmor
إِلَى مَعْرَكٍ فِي مُضْعَفاتِ السَّنَوَّرِ
And Taghlib, my people, are unassailable when they charge
Into battle in double-layered armor.
سَتُخْبِرُwill tell هاماتِthe skulls of الْأَعاجِمِthe non-Arabs صَحْوَةٌan awakening
سَتُخْبِرُ هاماتِ الْأَعاجِمِ صَحْوَةٌ
إِذاwhen ماemphatic particle الْتَقَيْناwe meet ماwhat خَفارَةُprotection مُنْذِرِMundhir's
إِذا ما الْتَقَيْنا ما خَفارَةُ مُنْذِرِ
A sobering awakening will tell the non-Arabs' skulls,
When we meet, what Mundhir's protection means.
ظَنَنْتُمْyou thought بِعِجْلٍof ʿIjl ظَنَّa thought of سُوءًاًevil وَأَنَّهُمْand that they
ظَنَنْتُمْ بِعِجْلٍ ظَنَّ سُوءًاً وَأَنَّهُمْ
يَزُفُّونَthey escort to marriage بِيضاًfair-skinned women ذاتَpossessing أَصْلٍnoble lineage وَمَفْخَرِand honor
يَزُفُّونَ بِيضاً ذاتَ أَصْلٍ وَمَفْخَرِ
You thought ill of ʿIjl, and supposed that they
Were escorting fair brides of noble lineage and honor.
لَهاshe has حَسَبٌnoble ancestry ياO بْنَson of الدَّنِيَّةِthe base woman فِيamong الْوَرَىmankind
لَها حَسَبٌ يا بْنَ الدَّنِيَّةِ فِي الْوَرَى
وَمُلْكٌand kingship كَأَمْلاكِlike the kings of الْبَرِيَّةِmankind حِمْيَرِHimyar
وَمُلْكٌ كَأَمْلاكِ الْبَرِيَّةِ حِمْيَرِ
She has noble ancestry among mankind, O son of a base woman,
And kingship like that of Himyar, the kings of mankind.