إذاwhen ماemphatic particle اطلعناwe emerge منfrom ثنيةmountain pass لفلفLaflaf
إذا ما اطلعنا من ثنية لفلف
فخبرthen tell رجالاmen يكرهونhate إيابيmy return
فخبر رجالا يكرهون إيابي
When we emerge from the pass of Laflaf,
When we emerge from the winding valley,
then tell men who hate my return.
Inform men who resent my return
وخبرهمand tell them انthat قدalready رجعتI have returned بغبطةwith joy
وخبرهم ان قد رجعت بغبطة
أحدّدُI sharpen اظفاريmy claws ويصرفand gnashes نابيmy fang
أحدّدُ اظفاري ويصرف نابي
And tell them that I have returned with joy.
And inform them I have come back gleefully
I sharpen my claws, and my fang gnashes.
Sharpening my claws, baring my fangs,
وانيand I am ابنa son حربwar لاdoes not تزالcease تهرنيsnarl at me
واني ابن حرب لا تزال تهرني
كلابdogs عدويof my enemy أوor تهرsnarl كلابيmy dogs
كلاب عدوي أو تهر كلابي
And I am a son of war: forever snarling at me
For I am a son of war, ceaselessly hounded
are my enemy's dogs, or my own dogs snarl.
By the dogs of my foe, or hounding their dogs