تتيهُ جيادُ الخيلِ عُجْباً وعِزَّةً

تتيهُ جيادُ الخيلِ عُجْباً وعِزَّةً

إذا نهضت أمْطاؤها بابن قَيْصَرا

إذا نهضت أمْطاؤها بابن قَيْصَرا

The noble steeds strut in pride and dignity,

The stallions of horses are lost in awe and honor

When their backs rise bearing Caesar's son,

When their saddles are mounted by the son of Caesar

بفارسِ يَوْمَيْ بأسهِ ونَوالِهِ

بفارسِ يَوْمَيْ بأسهِ ونَوالِهِ

تُجلِّي مَساعيهِ قَتاماً وعِثْيَرا

تُجلِّي مَساعيهِ قَتاماً وعِثْيَرا

A knight alike on his day of valor and his day of bounty,

With a horseman whose might and friendship

Whose deeds dispel dust-clouds and swirling dust.

Make plain his efforts, muddy and dusty

فيحمي الحمى والخيلُ تعثرُ بالقنا

فيحمي الحمى والخيلُ تعثرُ بالقنا

ويقري القرى إِن هَبَّت الريح صرصرا

ويقري القرى إِن هَبَّت الريح صرصرا

So he defends the protected ground while horses stumble over lances,

So he protects the protected and the horses stumble over the spears

And offers guests their fare when the wind blows cold and fierce.

And he rains on the villages if the wind blows noisily

ويُخرس ضوضاء الخطوب بصبره

ويُخرس ضوضاء الخطوب بصبره

إذا ما وَنى عَوْدُ المعالي وجرْجرا

إذا ما وَنى عَوْدُ المعالي وجرْجرا

And he silences the clamor of calamities with his patience,

And he silences the clamor of battles with his patience

When the old camel of high endeavor flags and rumbles.

When the timber of glory creaked

ويبعثُها رأدَ الضُّحى أسَديَّةً

ويبعثُها رأدَ الضُّحى أسَديَّةً

تُغادر مُغْبَرَّ المَعارِكِ أحْمَرا

تُغادر مُغْبَرَّ المَعارِكِ أحْمَرا

And he sends them forth, lionlike, at early forenoon,

And the dew of dawn sends him lion-like

Leaving the dust-covered battlefields red.

Leaving the dusty arenas of battle red