فَوارِسُhorsemen مِنهُمamong them مِسوَرٌMiswar لاnot رِماحُهُمtheir spears
فَوارِسُ مِنهُم مِسوَرٌ لا رِماحُهُم
قِصارٌshort وَلاnor سودُblack الوَجوهِthe faces مَقارِفُbaseborn men
قِصارٌ وَلا سودُ الوَجوهِ مَقارِفُ
Horsemen, Miswar among them: their spears are not
short, nor are they black-faced, baseborn men.
إِذاwhen شَهِدواthey attend يَومَthe day of اللِقاءِbattle تَضَمَّنواthey pledge
إِذا شَهِدوا يَومَ اللِقاءِ تَضَمَّنوا
مِنَof الطَعنِspear-thrusting أَيّاماًdays لَهُنَّbelonging to them مَتالِفُdeadly perils
مِنَ الطَعنِ أَيّاماً لَهُنَّ مَتالِفُ
When they attend the day of battle, they pledge
days of spear-thrusting fraught with deadly perils.