بينناamong us ابطالheroes الروسthe Russians عنfrom الthe
بيننا ابطال الروس عن ال
كرباتCarpathians تصدُّare repelled وترتدُّand retreat
كربات تصدُّ وترتدُّ
Among us, Russia's heroes, from the
The Russian heroes stand between us
Carpathians, are repelled and retreat.
And calamities they confront and repel
ترتدُّretreat مدافعةwhile resisting وعليهاand upon them
ترتدُّ مدافعة وعليها
الضغطthe pressure يزيدincreases ويشتدُّand intensifies
الضغط يزيد ويشتدُّ
They retreat while resisting, and upon them
They repel while defending
The pressure increases and intensifies.
As pressure mounts and intensifies
يشتدُّintensifies وفيand in بولنداPoland يدhand الthe
يشتدُّ وفي بولندا يد ال
ألمانGermans تطولgrows longer وتمتدُّand extends
ألمان تطول وتمتدُّ
It intensifies; and in Poland the hand of the
It intensifies, and in Poland, the hand
Germans grows longer and extends.
Of Germans reaches out and extends
تمتدُّextends وفيand in التنكيلinflicting punishment بهاon it
تمتدُّ وفي التنكيل بها
ماnot أجدىavailed السعيُthe striving ولاnor الجهدُthe effort
ما أجدى السعيُ ولا الجهدُ
It extends; and in punishing it,
It extends, and in tormenting it
Neither striving nor effort has availed.
Of no avail are effort and toil
سلَّdrew الايطاليونthe Italians لهاfor it
سلَّ الايطاليون لها
صمصاماًa keen sword أظمأهُhad made it thirsty الغمدُthe scabbard
صمصاماً أظمأهُ الغمدُ
The Italians drew for it
The Italians drew their swords against it
A keen sword the scabbard had made thirsty.
Thirsty blades seeking blood
قطعواthey severed حبلthe cord الجرمانthe Germans وفيand in
قطعوا حبل الجرمان وفي
أنthat يتبعواthey follow الحلفاthe Allies جدواthey strove earnestly
أن يتبعوا الحلفا جدوا
They severed the Germans' cord, and in
They cut the German cord, and in
Following the Allies they strove earnestly.
Following the alliance they found
والحربand war علىagainst النمساAustria شهرواthey declared
والحرب على النمسا شهروا
فذكتso it blazed واشتدَّand intensified لهاfor it وقدُa blaze
فذكت واشتدَّ لها وقدُ
And they declared war upon Austria;
And war on Austria they declared
It blazed, and its fire grew fiercer.
So it ignited, the wick intensified
واجتازواand they crossed حدّboundary الايسنزوthe Isonzo
واجتازوا حدّ الايسنزو
بعزائمwith resolves ليسthere is not لهاfor them حدُّa limit
بعزائم ليس لها حدُّ
And they crossed the Isonzo boundary
And they crossed the Isonzo
With resolves that knew no bounds;
With determination that knows no limit
بكتائبwith battalions فوقabove بيارقهاtheir banners
بكتائب فوق بيارقها
كتبتwas inscribed النصرvictory أوor اللحدthe grave
كتبت النصر أو اللحد
With battalions on whose banners
With battalions whose banners
Was inscribed: 'Victory or the grave.'
Wrote of victory or the grave
كالسيلlike a torrent أنصبتpoured down جارفةًsweeping away
كالسيل أنصبت جارفةً
وطمتand surged لاnot يوقفهاstops them سدُّa dam
وطمت لا يوقفها سدُّ
Like a torrent they poured down, sweeping away,
Like a flood they poured forth
And surged; no dam could stop them.
Crashing, no dam can stop their tide
وتنزتand bounded upward تبغيseeking آطاماًstrongholds
وتنزت تبغي آطاماً
يتهيبُdreads جانبهاtheir flank الاسدُthe lion
يتهيبُ جانبها الاسدُ
And bounded upward, seeking strongholds
Seeking to conquer heights
Whose flanks even the lion dreads.
Where even lions dread to tread
وغدتand began تتوقلُclimbing فيamong قننٍpeaks
وغدت تتوقلُ في قننٍ
ماno بعدbeyond تعاليهاtheir towering height بعدُfurther reach
ما بعد تعاليها بعدُ
And began scaling peaks
Moving through canyons
Beyond whose towering height there is no beyond.
Beyond which no peaks rise higher
عنهاfrom them ينصاعُturns away الفكرُthought عياًhelplessly
عنها ينصاعُ الفكرُ عياً
والطرفand the gaze كليلاًweary يرتدُّrecoils
والطرف كليلاً يرتدُّ
From them thought turns away, helpless,
Before them, thought staggers blind
And the gaze recoils, weary.
And eyes draw back in defeat
لوif حلقsoared نسرٌa vulture يقصدهاaiming for them
لو حلق نسرٌ يقصدها
لارتدّit would surely turn back وأعجزهand would defeat it القصدُthe attempt
لارتدّ وأعجزه القصدُ
If a vulture soared, intent on reaching them,
If an eagle flew to meet them
It would turn back, defeated by the attempt.
It would turn back, its quest failed
فيهاin them المتنِصتthe attentive listener يسمعhears حوaround (first part)
فيها المتنِصت يسمع حو
لaround (completion) العرشthe Throne ملائكهُHis angels تشدوsing
ل العرش ملائكهُ تشدو
There the attentive listener hears, around
Therein the eavesdropper hears the angels
The Throne, His angels singing.
Around the throne singing praises loud
والراصدُand the observer للافلاكof the heavenly spheres بلاwithout
والراصدُ للافلاك بلا
منظارٍa telescope يمكنهُis possible for him الرصدُobservation
منظارٍ يمكنهُ الرصدُ
And the observer of the heavenly spheres, without
And the naked-eyed watcher of the cosmos
A telescope, can make his observations.
Finds observation beyond his grasp
هذيthese لتسوُّرهاto scale them الايطاthe Italians (first part)
هذي لتسوُّرها الايطا
ليونItalians (completion) عزائمهمtheir resolves شدُّواthey strengthened
ليون عزائمهم شدُّوا
To scale these, the Italians
The Italians girded themselves for the ascent
Strengthened their resolves.
Their resolve intensified
فرأواso they saw قدامbefore طلائعهمtheir vanguard
فرأوا قدام طلائعهم
عقباتobstacles أسهلهاthe easiest of them نجدُa highland
عقبات أسهلها نجدُ
And saw before their vanguard
Yet before their vanguards
Obstacles whose easiest was a highland.
They saw obstacles, the least being harsh
وجيوشand the armies النمساAustria زادتهاadded to them
وجيوش النمسا زادتها
تحصيناصfortification (apparent typo) ليسthere is not لهُfor it ندُّan equal
تحصيناص ليس لهُ ندُّ
And Austria's armies had added to them
And the Austrian troops fortified
Fortification without equal.
With defenses that know no match
فيكونso becomes مهاجمُهاtheir attacker هدَفاًa target
فيكون مهاجمُها هدَفاً
لمخاطرَfor dangers أيسرهاthe mildest of them الصدُّrepulse
لمخاطرَ أيسرها الصدُّ
Their attacker thus becomes a target
Thus their assailant becomes target
For dangers, the mildest of which is repulse;
For perils, the least being rebuffed
لمدافعَfor cannons تقذفhurl منfrom فمهاtheir mouths
لمدافعَ تقذف من فمها
برقاًlightning يتخللهُruns through it رعدُthunder
برقاً يتخللهُ رعدُ
For cannons that hurl from their mouths
By cannons spewing lightning
Lightning interwoven with thunder,
With thunder in their midst
وسيولand torrents قنابلof bombs انif لطمتstruck
وسيول قنابل ان لطمت
طوداًa mighty mountain يندكُّcrumbles وينقدُّand splits apart
طوداً يندكُّ وينقدُّ
And torrents of bombs: if they strike
And torrents of shells, that if cast
A mighty mountain, it crumbles and splits apart.
Against a mountain, would shake and shred it
وركامand heaps الثلحof snow (apparent typo) تحيطsurround بهاaround them
وركام الثلح تحيط بها
كالجيدlike a neck يطوقهُencircles it العقدُthe necklace
كالجيد يطوقهُ العقدُ
And heaps of snow surround them,
And banks of snow surround them
Like a neck encircled by a necklace;
Like a necklace circling a bride
ورياحُand winds جليدof ice حاصبةٌpelting
ورياحُ جليد حاصبةٌ
بَرَداًhail كرصاصlike bullets يعتدُّheld ready
بَرَداً كرصاص يعتدُّ
And winds of ice pelt down
And biting winds of ice
Hail like bullets held ready.
A cold like lead balls intensified
هذيthese إِنif ينجُescapes مهاجمهاtheir assailant
هذي إِن ينجُ مهاجمها
منfrom نارٍfire يهرأهُravages him البردthe cold
من نارٍ يهرأهُ البرد
These—if their assailant escapes
If their assailant survives the flames
From fire, the cold ravages him.
That the frost makes merciless
اماas for الايطاليونthe Italians فماthen did not
اما الايطاليون فما
رهبواthey feared الأخطارthe dangers ولاnor ارتدُّواthey turned back
رهبوا الأخطار ولا ارتدُّوا
As for the Italians, they neither
The Italians neither feared the dangers
Feared the dangers nor turned back.
Nor drew back in retreat
واذand when اقتحمتstormed ابطالهمtheir heroes الthe
واذ اقتحمت ابطالهم ال
أطوادmighty mountains قواعدهاtheir foundations هدُّواthey shattered
أطواد قواعدها هدُّوا
And when their heroes stormed the
And when their heroes breached
Mighty mountains, they shattered their foundations.
The mountain bases and cast them down
وعليهاand over them استولواthey gained possession لمdid not يدفعward off
وعليها استولوا لم يدفع
عنهاfrom them التحصينthe fortification ولاnor الجندُthe troops
عنها التحصين ولا الجندُ
And took possession of them; they were not defended
And seized them, neither fortification
By fortifications or troops.
Nor soldiers could defend against their tide
ولسوفand surely will تظلremain بسالتهمtheir valor
ولسوف تظل بسالتهم
أثراًa lasting trace يحتاطsurrounds بهaround it المجدُglory
أثراً يحتاط به المجدُ
And surely their valor shall remain
And forevermore their valor
A lasting trace encompassed by glory.
Will remain, guarded in glory's trove
وبهاand through it يبقىendures ذكرthe renown الايطاthe Italians (first part)
وبها يبقى ذكر الايطا
ليينItalians (completion) يفوحwafts fragrantly لهُfor it ندُّfragrant incense
ليين يفوح لهُ ندُّ
And through it the Italians' renown endures,
And thereby the Italians' name
As fragrant incense wafts in its honor.
Will endure, its fragrance intensified