لَم يَبقَ يا وَيحَكُم إِلّا تَلاقيها

لَم يَبقَ يا وَيحَكُم إِلّا تَلاقيها

وَمُسعَرُ الحَربِ لاقيها وَآتيها

وَمُسعَرُ الحَربِ لاقيها وَآتيها

Nothing remains—alas for you!—but to face it;

There remaineth not, alas for you! aught else but to meet it,

and the kindler of war shall face it and come to it.

And the fierce flames of war coming fast to greet it.

لا تَطمَعوا بَعدَها في قَومِكُم مُضَرٍ

لا تَطمَعوا بَعدَها في قَومِكُم مُضَرٍ

مِن بَعدِ هَذا فَوَلّوها مَواليها

مِن بَعدِ هَذا فَوَلّوها مَواليها

Do not count hereafter on your kin of Mudar;

Hope not, after this, the people of Mudar will spare you,

after this, entrust it to its masters.

From henceforth leave it them, and leave its allies.

فَمَن بَقِي مِنكُمُ في هَذِهِ فَلَهُ

فَمَن بَقِي مِنكُمُ في هَذِهِ فَلَهُ

فَخرُ الحَياةِ وَإِن طالَت لَياليها

فَخرُ الحَياةِ وَإِن طالَت لَياليها

So whoever among you survives this battle shall have

Whoso then of you remains in life, to him shall be

glory throughout life, however long its nights may last.

The foulness of life, how long soever the nights thereof.

وَمَن يَمُت ماتَ مَعذوراً وَكانَ لَهُ

وَمَن يَمُت ماتَ مَعذوراً وَكانَ لَهُ

حُسنُ الثَناءِ مُقيماً إِذا ثَوى فيها

حُسنُ الثَناءِ مُقيماً إِذا ثَوى فيها

And whoever dies shall die blameless, and shall have

And whoso is slain, dies guiltless, and 'twill be his due

fair praise that endures when he lies there.

To have goodly praise made, what time they talk of it.

إِن تَترُكوا وائِلاً لِلحَربِ يا مُضَرٌ

إِن تَترُكوا وائِلاً لِلحَربِ يا مُضَرٌ

فَسَوفَ يَلقاكُمُ ما كانَ لاقيها

فَسَوفَ يَلقاكُمُ ما كانَ لاقيها

If you abandon Wa'il to war, O Mudar,

If now ye leave to war a pasture, O men of Mudar,

then what befell them will befall you.

Then war shall meet with you, even as erst ye did meet it.

يا أَيُّها الراكِبُ المُجتازُ تَرفُلُ في

يا أَيُّها الراكِبُ المُجتازُ تَرفُلُ في

حَزنِ البِلادِ وَطَوراً في صَحاريها

حَزنِ البِلادِ وَطَوراً في صَحاريها

O passing rider, striding proudly through

O thou that ridest a swift beast, winding thy way at thine ease through the land,

the land's rugged terrain, and at times through its deserts,

Now sorrowing for the land, and now through its desert parts,

أَبلِغ بَني الفُرسِ عَنّا حينَ تَبلُغُهُم

أَبلِغ بَني الفُرسِ عَنّا حينَ تَبلُغُهُم

وَحَيَّ كَهلاانَ أَنَّ الجُندَ عافيها

وَحَيَّ كَهلاانَ أَنَّ الجُندَ عافيها

tell the sons of Persia, on our behalf, when you reach them,

Give thou news of us to the house of the Persians, when the morrow thou shalt come to them,

and the clan of Kahlan, that the army will sweep them away.

On the day when thou comest in sight of Kehlaan's tribesmen.

لابُدَّ قَومِيَ أَن تَرقى وَقَد جَهَدَت

لابُدَّ قَومِيَ أَن تَرقى وَقَد جَهَدَت

صَعبَ المَراقي بِما تَأبى مَراقيها

صَعبَ المَراقي بِما تَأبى مَراقيها

My people must ascend, though they have struggled

Natheless, needs must my people mount up on high, though hard be

up steep ascents, whose heights resist them.

The rugged steep whereon they climb, spite of its ruggedness.

أَمّا إِيادٌ فَقَد جاءَت بِها بِدَعاً

أَمّا إِيادٌ فَقَد جاءَت بِها بِدَعاً

في ما جَنى البَعضُ إِذما البَعضُ راضيها

في ما جَنى البَعضُ إِذما البَعضُ راضيها

As for Iyad, they have done unheard-of things in this,

But the tribe of Eeyaad-they have made it smooth by gifts bestowed

in what some have perpetrated while others approve it.

On a part of them, whilst as for the rest they have smoothed them.