لَقَدindeed حازَwon عَمروAmr معwith قبائلِthe tribes of قومهِhis people
لَقَد حازَ عَمرو مع قبائلِ قومهِ
فَخاراًglory سَماsoared فَوقabove النجومِthe stars الثواقبِpiercingly bright
فَخاراً سَما فَوق النجومِ الثواقبِ
Indeed, ʿAmr, with the tribes of his people, has won
Amr, with the tribes of his people, has indeed won
a glory that soared above the blazing stars.
glory that soared above the piercingly bright stars.
همthey قلّدواthey conferred لخماًLakhm وغسّانand Ghassan منّةًa favor
هم قلّدوا لخماً وغسّان منّةً
بِسمرِwith dusky القناspears والعادياتand galloping steeds الشوازبِlean
بِسمرِ القنا والعاديات الشوازبِ
They laid Lakhm and Ghassan under a debt of gratitude
They placed Lakhm and Ghassan under a debt of gratitude
with tawny lances and lean, charging steeds.
with dusky spears and lean, galloping steeds.
حَمَتنيprotected me شيبانShayban والحيّand the tribe تغلبٌTaghlib
حَمَتني شيبان والحيّ تغلبٌ
بقبّwith lean-bellied المذاكيfull-grown steeds والسيوفand swords القواضبِkeen-cutting
بقبّ المذاكي والسيوف القواضبِ
Shayban and the tribe of Taghlib protected me
Shayban and the tribe of Taghlib protected me
with slender-flanked steeds in their prime and keen-edged swords.
with lean-bellied, full-grown steeds and keen-cutting swords.
فَكمso many a فرجdeliverance منهfrom him عليناto us بغارةٍthrough a raid
فَكم فرج منه علينا بغارةٍ
وَكمand many a حملةٍcharge يومon the day of اِلتقاءthe meeting of الكتائبِthe battalions
وَكم حملةٍ يوم اِلتقاء الكتائبِ
How often deliverance came to us from him through a raid,
So often he brought us relief through a raid,
and how many a charge when the battalions met!
and how many a charge on the day the battalions met!
