سَوْدَاءُ تُحْدَى عَلَى ثَلاَثٍ

سَوْدَاءُ تُحْدَى عَلَى ثَلاَثٍ

لَهَا عِجَاجٌ مِنَ الدُّخَانِ

لَهَا عِجَاجٌ مِنَ الدُّخَانِ

A black one is urged onward upon three.

The black one challenges three,

She has a billowing cloud of smoke.

With smoke plumes from it.

تَمُرُّ فِي وَسْطِهَا وَتَأْتِي

تَمُرُّ فِي وَسْطِهَا وَتَأْتِي

بِلاَ بَرَاحْ وَلاَ مَكَانِ

بِلاَ بَرَاحْ وَلاَ مَكَانِ

She goes and comes within herself,

It passes amidst them and comes

Without moving away, and without a place.

With no wind or place.

بِجُلِّ نَارٍ عَلَى ثَرَاهَا

بِجُلِّ نَارٍ عَلَى ثَرَاهَا

وَبُرْقُعٍ حَالِكِ الحِرَانِ

وَبُرْقُعٍ حَالِكِ الحِرَانِ

With a saddlecloth of fire upon her ground,

With raging fire on its expanse,

And a veil, pitch-black in its obstinacy [wording unclear].

And scorching hot metal armor.

تُحْمَدُ قُوتَاً لِغَيْرِ رِفْدٍ

تُحْمَدُ قُوتَاً لِغَيْرِ رِفْدٍ

يُنْهَبُ فِي سَاحَةِ الْخِوَانِ

يُنْهَبُ فِي سَاحَةِ الْخِوَانِ

She is praised for sustenance, not for bounty,

It is praised for its power without support,

Plundered in the courtyard of the dining table.

Plundered in the field of allies.