لَعَمريby my life لَقَدindeed بِعناwe have sold الحَياةَlife وَعَيشَهاand its pleasures
لَعَمري لَقَد بِعنا الحَياةَ وَعَيشَها
بِرِضوانِfor the approval of رَبٍّa Lord بِالخَلائِقِof all creatures عالِمِknowing
بِرِضوانِ رَبٍّ بِالخَلائِقِ عالِمِ
By my life, we have sold life and its pleasures
For the approval of a Lord who knows all creatures,
غَداةَon the morning when نَكُرُّwe wield repeatedly المَشرَفِيَّةَthe Mashrafi swords فيهِمُagainst them
غَداةَ نَكُرُّ المَشرَفِيَّةَ فيهِمُ
بِسولافَat Sulaf يَومَon the day of المازِقِthe press of battle المُتَلاحِمِclosely interlocked
بِسولافَ يَومَ المازِقِ المُتَلاحِمِ
On the morning we turned Mashrafi swords against them
At Sulaf, on the day of close-locked battle.
فَإِنand if تَكُthere be قَتلىslain men يَومَon the day of سَلِيَّSaliyy تَتابَعَتfell one after another
فَإِن تَكُ قَتلى يَومَ سَلِيَّ تَتابَعَت
فَكَمthen how many غادَرَتhave left behind أَسيافُناour swords مِنof قُماقِمِmighty chieftains
فَكَم غادَرَت أَسيافُنا مِن قُماقِمِ
And if the slain on the day of Saliyy fell one after another,
Then how many mighty chieftains our swords have left
صَريعٍlying slain وَمِنand from حِسِّthe stir of الحَياةِlife وَأَصبَحَتand came to be
صَريعٍ وَمِن حِسِّ الحَياةِ وَأَصبَحَت
بِواكيهِمُtheir mourning women يُعوِلنَthey wail بَينَamid المَآتِمِthe funeral gatherings
بِواكيهِمُ يُعوِلنَ بَينَ المَآتِمِ
Lying slain, and [cut off] from life's stir; and now
Their mourning women wail amid the funeral gatherings.
Translation model: Sol 6.1