رَأَيتُ المُشرِكينَ بَغَوا عَلَينا

رَأَيتُ المُشرِكينَ بَغَوا عَلَينا

وَلَجّوا في الغِوايَةِ وَالضَلالِ

وَلَجّوا في الغِوايَةِ وَالضَلالِ

I saw the polytheists act unjustly against us,

I saw the polytheists transgress against us

I saw that the idolaters had transgressed against us,

And they persisted stubbornly in waywardness and error.

And delve into misguidance and error

And persisted obstinately in their error and waywardness,

وَقالوا نَحنُ أَكثَرُ إِذ نَفَرنا

وَقالوا نَحنُ أَكثَرُ إِذ نَفَرنا

غَداةَ الرَوعِ بِالأسلِ الطِوالِ

غَداةَ الرَوعِ بِالأسلِ الطِوالِ

And they said, "We are more numerous," when we marched forth

And they said we are more when our men gathered

Claiming, "We are more numerous when we march forth,

On the morning of terror, with long spears.

The morning after the fearful night with long spears

On the morning of terror, wielding long spears."

فَإِن يَبغوا وَيَفتَخِروا عَلَينا

فَإِن يَبغوا وَيَفتَخِروا عَلَينا

بِحَمزَةَ وَهوَ في الغُرَفِ العَوالي

بِحَمزَةَ وَهوَ في الغُرَفِ العَوالي

So if they act insolently and boast over us

So if they transgress and boast against us

So if they transgress and boast against us,

About Hamza, while he is in the lofty chambers,

With Hamza while he is in the high chambers

Regarding Hamza, while he dwells in the exalted chambers,

فَقَد أَودى بِعُتبَةَ يَومِ بَدرٍ

فَقَد أَودى بِعُتبَةَ يَومِ بَدرٍ

وَقَد أَبلى وَجاهَدَ غَيرَ آلِ

وَقَد أَبلى وَجاهَدَ غَيرَ آلِ

He did slay Utbah on the day of Badr,

Badr has already destroyed Utba one day

[Know that] he had already brought ruin upon 'Utbah on the Day of Badr,

And he showed valor and fought, sparing no effort.

And he has proven himself and struggled without fail

Having fought valiantly and striven without ceasing.

وَقَد فَلَّلتَ خَيلَهُمُ بِبَدرٍ

وَقَد فَلَّلتَ خَيلَهُمُ بِبَدرٍ

وَأَتبَعتَ الهَزيمَةَ بِالرِجالِ

وَأَتبَعتَ الهَزيمَةَ بِالرِجالِ

And you routed their cavalry at Badr,

You had routed their horses at Badr

And you shattered their cavalry at Badr,

And you pursued the routed host with men.

And chased the fleeing men

And followed up the rout by pursuing their men.

وَقَد غادَرتَ كَبشَهُمُ جِهاراً

وَقَد غادَرتَ كَبشَهُمُ جِهاراً

بِحَمدِ اللَهِ طَلحَةَ في الضَلالِ

بِحَمدِ اللَهِ طَلحَةَ في الضَلالِ

And you openly left their ram,

And you had left their ram openly

And you left their chieftain lying openly exposed,

Talha, lost in error—praise be to God.

By God’s praise, Talha in misguidance

—Praise be to God—Talha, lost in his misguidance.

فَتَلَّ لِوَجهِهِ فَرَفَعتَ عَنهُ

فَتَلَّ لِوَجهِهِ فَرَفَعتَ عَنهُ

رَقيقَ الحَدِّ حُودِثَ بِالصِّقالِ

رَقيقَ الحَدِّ حُودِثَ بِالصِّقالِ

Then he fell face down, and you lifted from him

So his face was cut for him and you lifted from him

He was thrown down upon his face, and you raised from him

A fine-edged blade, freshly burnished,

The softness of the cheek, smoothed by the file

A blade of fine edge, freshly honed by the polisher,

كَأَنَّ المِلحَ خالَطَهُ إِذا ما

كَأَنَّ المِلحَ خالَطَهُ إِذا ما

تَلَظّى كَالعَقيقَةِ في الظَلالِ

تَلَظّى كَالعَقيقَةِ في الظَلالِ

As though salt had mingled with it whenever

As if salt was mixed with it when

As though salt were mingled within its steel, whenever

It blazed like lightning in the shadows.

It coagulates like carnelian in the shadows

It blazes like a lightning flash amidst the shadows.