وَما سالَ في وادٍ كَأَودِيَةٍ لَهُ

وَما سالَ في وادٍ كَأَودِيَةٍ لَهُ

دَفَعنَ مَعاً في بَحرِهِ حينَ أَزبَدا

دَفَعنَ مَعاً في بَحرِهِ حينَ أَزبَدا

And no waters flowed through a valley like those of his valleys,

No stream has flowed in valleys like their valleys,

Which surged together into his sea when it foamed.

Their waters all pushed together into a sea when enraged.

وَبَحرُ أَبي سُفيانَ وَاِبنَيهِ يَلتَقي

وَبَحرُ أَبي سُفيانَ وَاِبنَيهِ يَلتَقي

لَهُنَّ إِذا يَعلو الحَصينَ المُشَيَّدا

لَهُنَّ إِذا يَعلو الحَصينَ المُشَيَّدا

And the sea of Abu Sufyan and his two sons converges

And the sea of Abu Sufyan and his sons comes together with

With them when it overtops the lofty stronghold.

A powerful, impenetrable fortress when it rises high.

رَأَيتَ مِنَ الأَنعامِ في حافَتَيهِما

رَأَيتَ مِنَ الأَنعامِ في حافَتَيهِما

بَهائِمَ قَد كُنَّ الغُثاءَ المُنَضَّدا

بَهائِمَ قَد كُنَّ الغُثاءَ المُنَضَّدا

You see, among the livestock on their two banks,

You see among their herds on the shores of the two seas

Beasts that were already flotsam piled in layers.

Beasts that have clustered together like heavy rainclouds.

فَلا أُمَّ إِلّا أُمَّ عيسى عَلِمتُها

فَلا أُمَّ إِلّا أُمَّ عيسى عَلِمتُها

كَأُمِّكَ خَيراً أُمَّهاتٍ وَأَمجَدا

كَأُمِّكَ خَيراً أُمَّهاتٍ وَأَمجَدا

So no mother have I known, except the mother of Jesus,

Of all the mothers, I know none like Jesus's mother;

To equal your mother, best and most glorious of mothers.

She is the best of mothers and most glorious.

وَإِن عُدَّتِ الآباءُ كُنتَ اِبنَ خَيرِهِم

وَإِن عُدَّتِ الآباءُ كُنتَ اِبنَ خَيرِهِم

وَأَملاكِها الأَورَينَ في المَجدِ أَزنُدا

وَأَملاكِها الأَورَينَ في المَجدِ أَزنُدا

And if fathers are counted, you are the son of the best of them,

And if all fathers were counted, you're the son of the best of them,

And of its kings, whose firesticks kindle brightest in glory.

And their brightest diadems in glory most polished.