وَماand not الأَرضُthe earth إِلّاexcept قَيسُQays عَيلانَʿAylān أَهلُهاits people
وَما الأَرضُ إِلّا قَيسُ عَيلانَ أَهلُها
لَهُمto them ساحَتاهاits two expanses سَهلُهاits level ground وَحُزومُهاand its rocky uplands
لَهُم ساحَتاها سَهلُها وَحُزومُها
The earth’s people are none but Qays ʿAylān.
Home is not but Qais Ailan, its people
Theirs are its two expanses, its level ground and its rocky uplands.
Theirs are its plains and hills in good or bad times
وَقَدand indeed نالَhas reached آفاقَthe horizons السَماواتِthe heavens مَجدُناour glory
وَقَد نالَ آفاقَ السَماواتِ مَجدُنا
لَناto us الصَحوُthe clear skies مِنfrom آفاقِهاtheir horizons وَغُيومُهاand their clouds
لَنا الصَحوُ مِن آفاقِها وَغُيومُها
And our glory has reached the horizons of the heavens.
Our glory has reached horizons and heavenly spheres
Ours are the clear skies of their horizons and their clouds.
Ours are the clouds and horizons no matter what comes