وَلرُبَّ جَمْعٍ من عِداكَ لَقِيتَهُ

وَلرُبَّ جَمْعٍ من عِداكَ لَقِيتَهُ

فَلَقِيتَ جَمعاً ليسَ مِنكَ بِسَالِمِ

فَلَقِيتَ جَمعاً ليسَ مِنكَ بِسَالِمِ

And many a host of your foes have you met,

and met a host that did not escape you unscathed.

وَلُّوا وقد وَلَّيْتَ سَيفَكَ أَمرَهُمْ

وَلُّوا وقد وَلَّيْتَ سَيفَكَ أَمرَهُمْ

فَحَسمْتَ داءَهُمُ بِوالٍ صَارِمِ

فَحَسمْتَ داءَهُمُ بِوالٍ صَارِمِ

They fled, while you had entrusted their affairs to your sword;

thus you cut off their malady with a keen-edged governor.