سَلامٌ في الصَحيفَةِ مِن لَقيطٍ

سَلامٌ في الصَحيفَةِ مِن لَقيطٍ

إِلى مَن بِالجَزيرَةِ مِن إِيادِ

إِلى مَن بِالجَزيرَةِ مِن إِيادِ

A greeting in the letter from Laqit

A message in parchment, from one obscure,

to those of Iyad in al-Jazira,

To those on the island, of noble Iyad,

بِأَنَّ اللَيثَ كِسرى قَد أَتاكُمُ

بِأَنَّ اللَيثَ كِسرى قَد أَتاكُمُ

فَلا يَشغَلكُمُ سَوقُ النِقادِ

فَلا يَشغَلكُمُ سَوقُ النِقادِ

with word that the lion, Kisra, has already come upon you;

The lion of Persia has come for you,

so do not let herding small sheep distract you.

So do not busy yourself at the market stalls,

أَتاكُم مِنهُمُ سِتّونَ أَلفاً

أَتاكُم مِنهُمُ سِتّونَ أَلفاً

يَزُجّونَ الكَتائِبَ كَالجَرادِ

يَزُجّونَ الكَتائِبَ كَالجَرادِ

Sixty thousand of them have come upon you,

Sixty thousand of them approach you now,

driving the battalions forward like locusts.

Marching like swarms of locusts in their hordes,

عَلى حَنَقٍ أَتَيناكُم فَهَذا

عَلى حَنَقٍ أَتَيناكُم فَهَذا

أَوانُ هَلاكِكُم كَهَلاكِ عادِ

أَوانُ هَلاكِكُم كَهَلاكِ عادِ

In fury we have come upon you, so this

In wrath we come for you, so now behold,

is the hour of your destruction, like the destruction of ‘Ad.

The hour of your doom, like the doom of Aad.