سَتَشهَدُwill bear witness لِيon my behalf بِالكَرِّto charging وَالطَعنِand spear-thrusting رايَةٌa banner
سَتَشهَدُ لِي بِالكَرِّ وَالطَعنِ رايَةٌ
حَبانِيَfavored me بِهاwith it الطُهرُthe pure one النَبِيُّthe Prophet المُهَذِّبُthe ennobler
حَبانِيَ بِها الطُهرُ النَبِيُّ المُهَذِّبُ
A banner shall bear witness to my charges and spear-thrusts,
A banner will bear witness of valor and blame for me,
A banner shall bear witness to my charging and my thrusting,
which the pure, ennobling Prophet bestowed upon me.
The pure Prophet granted it to me, the well-mannered one.
Which the Pure One, the Refined Prophet, bestowed upon me.
وَتَعلَمُand it knows أَنّيthat I فيin الحُروبِwars إِذاwhen اِلتَظىblazes up
وَتَعلَمُ أَنّي في الحُروبِ إِذا اِلتَظى
بنِيرانِهاwith their fires اللَيثُthe lion الهَموسُthe stealthy المُرَجَّبُthe revered
بنِيرانِها اللَيثُ الهَموسُ المُرَجَّبُ
And it knows that in wars, when battle blazes
And you know that in wars when they flare up
It knows that in wars, when the stalking,
with their fires, I am the stealthy lion held in awe.
The roaring lion, the impetuous one.
Revered lion is inflamed by their fires,
وِمثلِيَand one like me لاقىfaced الهَولَterror فيin مُفظِعاتِهِits dreadful forms
وِمثلِيَ لاقى الهَولَ في مُفظِعاتِهِ
وَفَلَّand broke لَهُbefore him الجَيشُthe army الخَميسُarrayed in five divisions العَطَبطَبُthe vast
وَفَلَّ لَهُ الجَيشُ الخَميسُ العَطَبطَبُ
And one like me has faced terror in its dreadful forms,
And the like of me who met horror in its terrors
One such as I has met terror in its most atrocious forms,
and the vast, five-division army broke before him.
And the army retreated from him, the impetuous and unruly one.
And the massive, clamorous army was shattered before him.
وَقَدand indeed عَلِمَhave known الأَحياءُthe clans أَنّيthat I زَعيمُهاtheir leader
وَقَد عَلِمَ الأَحياءُ أَنّي زَعيمُها
وَأَنّيand that I لَدىin الحَربِwar العَذيقُthe little date palm المُرَجِّبُthe propped-up one
وَأَنّي لَدى الحَربِ العَذيقُ المُرَجِّبُ
And the clans know full well that I am their leader,
And the living ones knew that I am their leader
The tribes have known that I am their chieftain,
and that in war I am the propped-up little date palm.
And that I am in war the strong and impetuous one.
And that in war, I am the heavy-laden, honored palm of support.