لَقينا يَومَ أُلَّيسٍ وَأَمغى

لَقينا يَومَ أُلَّيسٍ وَأَمغى

وَيَومَ المَقرِ آسادَ النَهارِ

وَيَومَ المَقرِ آسادَ النَهارِ

We encountered, on the day of Ullays and Amgha,

On the days of Ullays and Amgha

And on the day of al-Maqr, the lions of daylight.

And the day of Maqar, the sun lingered long

فَلَم أَرَ مِثلَها فَضِلاتِ حَربٍ

فَلَم أَرَ مِثلَها فَضِلاتِ حَربٍ

أَشُدُّ عَلى الجَحاجِحَةِ الكِبارِ

أَشُدُّ عَلى الجَحاجِحَةِ الكِبارِ

Never have I seen such remnants of war,

Never have I seen the like of battle's aftermath

More grievous to the great, mighty chieftains.

So hard upon the mighty veterans

قَتَلنا مِنهُمُ سَبعينَ أَلفاً

قَتَلنا مِنهُمُ سَبعينَ أَلفاً

بَقِيَّةَ حَربِهِم غِبَّ الإِسارِ

بَقِيَّةَ حَربِهِم غِبَّ الإِسارِ

We killed seventy thousand of them,

We killed seventy thousand of them

The survivors of their war, after being taken captive,

The rest of their warriors vanished into captivity

سِوى مَن لَيسَ يُحصى مِن قَتيلٍ

سِوى مَن لَيسَ يُحصى مِن قَتيلٍ

وَمَن قَد غالَ جولانَ الغُبارِ

وَمَن قَد غالَ جولانَ الغُبارِ

Besides the slain who cannot be counted,

Except those beyond counting among the slain

And those whom the swirling dust had carried off.

And those the swirling dust had swallowed