جَلَبنا الخَيلَ وَالإِبِلَ المَهارى

جَلَبنا الخَيلَ وَالإِبِلَ المَهارى

إِلى الأَعراضِ أَعراضِ السَوادِ

إِلى الأَعراضِ أَعراضِ السَوادِ

We brought the horses and the Mahri camels

We brought the finest horses and camels

to the districts, the districts of al-Sawad.

To the highlands, the highlands of blackness

وَلَم تَرَ مِثلَنا كَرَماً وَمَجداً

وَلَم تَرَ مِثلَنا كَرَماً وَمَجداً

وَلَم تَرَ مِثلَنا شِنخابُ هادِ

وَلَم تَرَ مِثلَنا شِنخابُ هادِ

You have not seen our like in generosity and glory,

You have not seen the like of us in nobility and glory

nor has Shinkhab Had seen our like.

You have not seen the like of us, dwellers of the plateau

شَحَنّا جانِبَ المَلطاطِ مِنّا

شَحَنّا جانِبَ المَلطاطِ مِنّا

بِجَمعٍ لا يَزولُ عَن البِعادِ

بِجَمعٍ لا يَزولُ عَن البِعادِ

We filled the side of al-Maltat with our own men,

We packed the side of the valley with our numbers

with a host that never withdraws from combat.

A host that does not recede from the waste

لَزِمنا جانِبَ المَلطاطِ حَتّى

لَزِمنا جانِبَ المَلطاطِ حَتّى

رَأَينا الزَرعَ يُقمَعُ بِالحَصادِ

رَأَينا الزَرعَ يُقمَعُ بِالحَصادِ

We kept to the side of al-Maltat until

We kept to the side of the valley until

we saw the crops cut down by the harvest,

We saw the crops trodden down by the harvest

لَنَأتي مَعشَراً أَلبوا عَلَينا

لَنَأتي مَعشَراً أَلبوا عَلَينا

إِلى الأَنبارِ أَنبارِ العِبادِ

إِلى الأَنبارِ أَنبارِ العِبادِ

to go to a people who had rallied against us,

We will come in numbers against those who took up arms against us

to al-Anbar, Anbar of the Ibad.

To Anbar, Anbar of the servants