فَوارِسُ خَيلِكُم تُعطى مُناها

فَوارِسُ خَيلِكُم تُعطى مُناها

إِذا دَمّى نَواجِذَها الشَكيمُ

إِذا دَمّى نَواجِذَها الشَكيمُ

The riders of your steeds are granted their wishes

Your cavalry steeds are given their due

when the bit bloodies their steeds’ molars.

When their forelocks are bloodstained in combat

وَفي بِيَضِ السُيوفِ عَيشٍ

وَفي بِيَضِ السُيوفِ عَيشٍ

بِذَلِكَ فَاِعلَموا نَطَقَ الحَكيمُ

بِذَلِكَ فَاِعلَموا نَطَقَ الحَكيمُ

And in gleaming swords there is life;

And in the white blades of swords is life

thus spoke the sage—so know it.

By this know the words of the wise.