عَلى قَتلى مَعونَةَ فَاِستَهِلّي

عَلى قَتلى مَعونَةَ فَاِستَهِلّي

بِدَمعِ العَينِ سَحّاً غَيرَ نَزرِ

بِدَمعِ العَينِ سَحّاً غَيرَ نَزرِ

Then weep for the slain of Maʿūnah,

Over those killed at Ma'unah, begin

with the eye's tears pouring in torrents, not scantily.

With tears flowing abundantly from the eye

عَلى خَيلِ الرَسولِ غَداةَ لاقوا

عَلى خَيلِ الرَسولِ غَداةَ لاقوا

مَناياهُم وَلاقَتهُم بِقَدرِ

مَناياهُم وَلاقَتهُم بِقَدرِ

For the Messenger's horsemen, on the morning they met

Over the steeds of the Messenger when they met

their deaths, which met them by decree.

Their fate, and fate met them with destiny

أَصابَهُمُ الفَناءُ بِحَبلِ قَومٍ

أَصابَهُمُ الفَناءُ بِحَبلِ قَومٍ

تُخُوِّنَ عَقدُ حَبلِهِمِ بِغَدرِ

تُخُوِّنَ عَقدُ حَبلِهِمِ بِغَدرِ

Destruction befell them through a people's covenant,

Ruin befell them by the rope of a people

the bond of their covenant broken by treachery.

Whose pledge of allegiance betrays with treachery

فَيا لَهفي لِمُنذِرٍ اِذ تَوَلّى

فَيا لَهفي لِمُنذِرٍ اِذ تَوَلّى

وَأَعنَقَ في مَنِيَّتِهِ بِصَبرِ

وَأَعنَقَ في مَنِيَّتِهِ بِصَبرِ

And oh, my grief for Mundhir, when he turned away

So, my anguish for the warner when he turned away

and hastened to his death with fortitude!

And stubbornly met his death with patience

فَكائِن قَد أُصيبَ غَداةَ ذاكُم

فَكائِن قَد أُصيبَ غَداةَ ذاكُم

مِنِ اِبيَضَ ماجِدٍ مِن سِرِّ عَمروِ

مِنِ اِبيَضَ ماجِدٍ مِن سِرِّ عَمروِ

And how many indeed were struck down that morning—

The one fated the morning after their loss

fair, noble men from the choicest stock of ʿAmr!

From the heroic white lions of Amr's clan