وأناand indeed we لنُصبحwe surely give a morning draught to أسيافناour swords
وأنا لنُصبح أسيافنا
إذاwhen ماemphatic particle اصطبحنthey take their morning draught بيومon a day سفوكblood-spilling
إذا ما اصطبحن بيوم سفوك
And indeed we give our swords their morning draught,
Our swords will be sermons
When they drink at dawn on a blood-spilling day.
If they glow one day with bloodshed
منابرهنtheir pulpits متونbacks الأكفthe hands
منابرهن متون الأكف
وأغمادُهُنَّand their sheaths رؤؤُسُheads الملوكْthe kings
وأغمادُهُنَّ رؤؤُسُ الملوكْ
Their pulpits are the backs of hands,
Their pulpits are palms of hands
And their sheaths are the heads of kings.
Their scabbards are heads of kings