مُوتواdie (all of you) كمَاas شاءَwilled القَدرْfate
مُوتوا كمَا شاءَ القَدرْ
مِنfrom طعنةٍa stab أوor مِنfrom حَجرْa stone
مِن طعنةٍ أو مِن حَجرْ
Die as fate has willed,
Die as fate has willed,
By a stab or by a stone.
From a stab or from a stone.
موتواdie (all of you) فُرادىsingly أوor معًاtogether
موتوا فُرادى أو معًا
فيin عتمِthe darkness of ليلٍa night أوor سَحَرْthe pre-dawn hours
في عتمِ ليلٍ أو سَحَرْ
Die one by one or all together,
Die alone or together,
In the dark of night or before dawn.
In the darkness of night or before dawn.
وخذواand take (all of you) المقابرَthe cemeteries كلّهاall of them
وخذوا المقابرَ كلّها
كيso that تدفنواyou (plural) bury جِيَفَthe carcasses of الخَزَرْthe Khazars
كي تدفنوا جِيَفَ الخَزَرْ
And take all the graveyards,
And take all the cemeteries,
To bury the carcasses of the Khazars.
To bury the carcasses of the Khazars.
نرضىwe are content بأنwith the fact that نحياwe live هناhere
نرضى بأن نحيا هنا
منfrom غيرwithout ظلٍshade أوor شجَرْtrees
من غير ظلٍ أو شجَرْ
We are content to live here
We are content to live here,
Without shade or trees.
Without shade or trees.
فغدًاso tomorrow نعودwe return وزرعُناand our crop
فغدًا نعود وزرعُنا
ينموgrows علىon زبْلِthe dung of الحُفَرْthe pits
ينمو على زبْلِ الحُفَرْ
For tomorrow we shall return, and our crop
So tomorrow we will return, and our crop
Will grow upon the dung of the pits.
Will grow on the dung of the pits.
