نَكُبُّwe cast down الكُماةَthe armored warriors لِأَذقانِهاupon their chins
نَكُبُّ الكُماةَ لِأَذقانِها
إِذاwhen كانَthere is يَومٌa day طَويلُlong الذَنَبthe tail
إِذا كانَ يَومٌ طَويلُ الذَنَب
We cast the armored warriors down upon their chins,
When the day has a long tail.
كَذاكَsuch الزَمانُtime وَتَصريفُهُand its vicissitudes
كَذاكَ الزَمانُ وَتَصريفُهُ
وَتِلكَand those فَوارِسُhorsemen يَومِthe day of العِنَبal-ʿInab
وَتِلكَ فَوارِسُ يَومِ العِنَب
Such are time and its vicissitudes,
And those are the horsemen of the Day of al-ʿInab.