لا يَنسَإِ اللَهُ مِنّا مَعشَراً شَهِدوا

لا يَنسَإِ اللَهُ مِنّا مَعشَراً شَهِدوا

يَومَ الأُمَيلِحِ لا غابوا وَلا جَرَحوا

يَومَ الأُمَيلِحِ لا غابوا وَلا جَرَحوا

May God not prolong the lives of a band of ours who were present

God does not forget a group of us who witnessed

On the day of al-Umaylih: they were not absent, yet wounded no one.

The day of Al-Umaylah, neither absent nor wounded.

كانوا نَعائِمَ حَفّانٍ مُنَفَّرةً

كانوا نَعائِمَ حَفّانٍ مُنَفَّرةً

مُعطَ الحُلوقِ إِذا ما أُدرِكوا طَفَحوا

مُعطَ الحُلوقِ إِذا ما أُدرِكوا طَفَحوا

They were ostriches with chicks, driven to flight,

They were docile camels of Haffan dispersed,

Bare-necked—whenever overtaken, they bolted.

Generous when met, overflowing when given to drink.

لا غَيَّبوا شِلوَ حَجّاجٍ وَلا شَهِدوا

لا غَيَّبوا شِلوَ حَجّاجٍ وَلا شَهِدوا

جَمَّ القِتالِ فَلا تَسأَل بِما اِفتَضَحوا

جَمَّ القِتالِ فَلا تَسأَل بِما اِفتَضَحوا

They neither buried Hajjaj's remains nor witnessed

They neither failed to attend Hajj nor witnessed

The thick of battle—so do not ask how they were disgraced.

The intensity of battle, so ask not how they were torn.

عَقّوا بِسَهمٍ فَلَم يَشعُر بِهِ أَحَدٌ

عَقّوا بِسَهمٍ فَلَم يَشعُر بِهِ أَحَدٌ

ثُمَّ اِستَفاءوا وَقالوا حَبَّذا الوَضَحُ

ثُمَّ اِستَفاءوا وَقالوا حَبَّذا الوَضَحُ

They shot an arrow skyward, but no one noticed it;

They shot arrows without anyone noticing,

Then they took blood money and said, 'How fine the silver!'

Then they charged and said: excellent is the bright dawn.

لكِن كَبيرُ بنُ هِندٍ يَومَ ذلِكُم

لكِن كَبيرُ بنُ هِندٍ يَومَ ذلِكُم

فُتخُ الشَمائِلِ في أَيمانِهِم رَوَحُ

فُتخُ الشَمائِلِ في أَيمانِهِم رَوَحُ

But the men of Kabir ibn Hind, on that day,

But Kabir ibn Hind on that day,

Were supple of left hand and broad of right.

The defender, had swords in their right hands that sliced off heads

تَعلو السُيوفُ بِأَيديهِم جَماجِمَهُم

تَعلو السُيوفُ بِأَيديهِم جَماجِمَهُم

كَما يُفَلَّقُ مَروُ الأَمعَزِ الصَرَحُ

كَما يُفَلَّقُ مَروُ الأَمعَزِ الصَرَحُ

The swords in their hands strike down upon their skulls,

As the head of a goat is split open.

As the pure flint of rocky ground is split.

They did not surrender an ally who was among them

لا يُسلِمونَ قَريحاً كانَ وَسطَهُمُ

لا يُسلِمونَ قَريحاً كانَ وَسطَهُمُ

يَومَ اللِقاءِ وَلا يُشوونَ مَن قَرَحوا

يَومَ اللِقاءِ وَلا يُشوونَ مَن قَرَحوا

They do not abandon a wounded man who was among them

The day they met, nor did they pardon whoever they wounded,

On the day of battle, nor spare anyone they wound.

As if they were, at the flanks of Al-Mabrakayn at dawn,

كَأَنَّهُم بِجُنوبِ المَبرَكَينِ ضُحىً

كَأَنَّهُم بِجُنوبِ المَبرَكَينِ ضُحىً

ضَأنٌ تُجَزَّرُ في آباطِها الوَذَحُ

ضَأنٌ تُجَزَّرُ في آباطِها الوَذَحُ

As if, by al-Mabrakayn's flanks at midmorning, they were

Sheep slaughtered in their enclosures.

Sheep being butchered, dung clinging beneath their forelegs.