وَما زالَ يَنوي الغَدرَ والنَّكثَ راكِباً

وَما زالَ يَنوي الغَدرَ والنَّكثَ راكِباً

لِعَمياءَ حَتَّى استَكَّ مِنهُ المَسامِعُ

لِعَمياءَ حَتَّى استَكَّ مِنهُ المَسامِعُ

And he kept planning treachery and oath-breaking, riding

He still intends betrayal and breaking pacts, riding

into blind folly, until his ears grew deaf.

The blind until the ears are deafened.

وَحَتّى أُبِيدَ الجَمعُ مِنهُ فَأَصبَحوا

وَحَتّى أُبِيدَ الجَمعُ مِنهُ فَأَصبَحوا

كَبَعضِ الأُلى كانَت تُصيبُ القَوارِعُ

كَبَعضِ الأُلى كانَت تُصيبُ القَوارِعُ

And until his host was annihilated, and they became

Until the group is destroyed by him and so they became

like some of those whom calamities used to strike.

Like some oxen that met their fate.

فَأَضحَوا بِنَهرَي بابِلٍ ورُؤوسُهُم

فَأَضحَوا بِنَهرَي بابِلٍ ورُؤوسُهُم

تَخُبُّ بِها فيما هُناكَ الخَوامِعُ

تَخُبُّ بِها فيما هُناكَ الخَوامِعُ

So they lay by Babylon’s two rivers, while their heads

So their heads in the rivers of Babylon do sink

were borne at a trot by the hyenas there.

While here still stand the mosques.