لَيتَwould that خَيليmy cavalry يَومَon the day of الخُجَندَةِKhujanda لَمnot تُهbe defeated (first fragment)
لَيتَ خَيلي يَومَ الخُجَندَةِ لَم تُه
زَمbe defeated (remaining fragment) وَغودِرتُand I was left فيin المَكَرِّthe place of the charge سَليباstripped
زَم وَغودِرتُ في المَكَرِّ سَليبا
Would that my cavalry, on the day of Khujanda, had not been
defeated, and I had been left stripped on the battlefield,
تَحضُرُgather at الطَيرُthe birds مَصرَعيthe place of my death وَتَرَوَّحand departed (verb stem)
تَحضُرُ الطَيرُ مَصرَعي وَتَرَوَّح
تُI (verb suffix) إِلىto اللَهِGod فيin الدِماءِthe blood خَضيباstained
تُ إِلى اللَهِ في الدِماءِ خَضيبا
with birds gathering at the place of my death, and I had departed
to God, stained with blood.