يَاO كَوْكَبَstar النَّحْسِill fortune مِنْfrom قُرْبٍnearness عَلَىacross الْحِقَبِthe ages
يَا كَوْكَبَ النَّحْسِ مِنْ قُرْبٍ عَلَى الْحِقَبِ
تِلْكَthat الذُّنَابَىthe tail أَتَتْcame بِالْحَرْبِwith war وَالْخَرَبِand ruin
تِلْكَ الذُّنَابَى أَتَتْ بِالْحَرْبِ وَالْخَرَبِ
O star of ill omen, close at hand across the ages!
That tail brought war and ruin.
لَمَّاwhen رَأَيْنَاكَwe saw you حَقَّقْنَاwe confirmed الَّذِيwhat وَصَفُواthey described
لَمَّا رَأَيْنَاكَ حَقَّقْنَا الَّذِي وَصَفُوا
لِلنَّاسِto the people مِنof حَدَثَانِcalamities جَاءَwas recorded فِيin الْكُتُبِthe books
لِلنَّاسِ مِن حَدَثَانِ جَاءَ فِي الْكُتُبِ
When we saw you, we confirmed what they had described
to the people of calamities recorded in the books.
إِذْas قَالَsaid شَاعِرٌa poet طَيّTayy فِيin قَصِيدَتِهِhis poem
إِذْ قَالَ شَاعِرٌ طَيّ فِي قَصِيدَتِهِ
وَهْوَand he is الْمُقَلَّدُone followed as an authority فِيin عِلْمٍlearning وَفِيand in أَدَبِliterature
وَهْوَ الْمُقَلَّدُ فِي عِلْمٍ وَفِي أَدَبِ
As a poet of Tayy said in his poem—
and he is an authority in learning and literature—
وَخَوَّفُواand they frightened النَّاسَthe people مِنْof دَهْيَاءَdreadful دَاهِيَةٍa calamity
وَخَوَّفُوا النَّاسَ مِنْ دَهْيَاءَ دَاهِيَةٍ
إِذَاwhen بَدَاappeared الْكَوْكَبُthe star الْغَربِيِّwestern ذُوpossessing الذَّنَبِthe tail
إِذَا بَدَا الْكَوْكَبُ الْغَربِيِّ ذُو الذَّنَبِ
and they frightened the people with a dreadful calamity
when the western star with a tail appeared.