يا هَل شجاكَ نَوى الخليطِ الظاعن

يا هَل شجاكَ نَوى الخليطِ الظاعن

إذ بانَ عنكَ وكلُّ إلفٍ بائنِ

إذ بانَ عنكَ وكلُّ إلفٍ بائنِ

Oh, has the parting of your departing companions grieved you?

O the one whose heart was hurt by the disloyal camp's betrayal,

When they left you—and every intimate companion must depart.

When they turned away from you though every covenant has ended.

بانَ الخليطُ فبان صبركَ عنده

بانَ الخليطُ فبان صبركَ عنده

ولقد يقيم مع المقيم القاطن

ولقد يقيم مع المقيم القاطن

The companions departed, and with them your patience departed.

The disloyal turned away, so your patience with them dissipated,

Yet it remains with the one who stays and dwells.

And the resident can handle staying with another resident.

ليت الأحبَّة يوم زمّوا عيرهم

ليت الأحبَّة يوم زمّوا عيرهم

سمحوا بنظرةِ ذي الشبابِ الفاتنِ

سمحوا بنظرةِ ذي الشبابِ الفاتنِ

Would that the loved ones, the day they haltered their caravan,

If only the loved ones, when they loaded their camels,

Had granted a glimpse of the one with enchanting youth.

Had allowed a look from the charming youth.

شحطوا فظلتُ أريق ماء مدامعٍ

شحطوا فظلتُ أريق ماء مدامعٍ

بلَّت حمائلَ ذي الرِّقابِ هواتنِ

بلَّت حمائلَ ذي الرِّقابِ هواتنِ

They went far away, and I kept pouring streams of tears,

They went far away, so I shed the water of flowing tears

Whose torrents drenched the baldrics of Dhu al-Riqab.

That wet the braces of the slender-necked beauties.

وطفقتُ بعدهم بَهمٍ ظاهرٍ

وطفقتُ بعدهم بَهمٍ ظاهرٍ

بادٍ عليكَ بهم وَهمٍ باطنِ

بادٍ عليكَ بهم وَهمٍ باطنِ

And after them I was left with outward grief,

After them I remained in clear anxiety,

Plain to you for their sake, and grief concealed within.

Lost in worries about you, and hidden worries.

نَعَمِ اشمعلَّ الظاعنونَ لطيَّةٍ

نَعَمِ اشمعلَّ الظاعنونَ لطيَّةٍ

زوراءَ ليس منالُها بالهَائنِ

زوراءَ ليس منالُها بالهَائنِ

Yes, the departing travelers sped toward a destination

Indeed, the disloyal hoped for a soft touch,

Far off, not easily reached.

Falsehood whose attainment is not possible for the desperate.

هاجت بكاىَ حُدوجُهم فكأنها

هاجت بكاىَ حُدوجُهم فكأنها

والآلُ مرتكمٌ سفائن يامِنِ

والآلُ مرتكمٌ سفائن يامِنِ

Their camel-litters stirred my weeping, as though they were

Their cheeks let loose a weeping that stirred, as if

Yamin's ships amid the heaped-up mirage.

They and the family were ships, O shelterer!

يا منزلا جمحَ الزمان بأهله

يا منزلا جمحَ الزمان بأهله

فرماهمُ بتشتُّتٍ وتباينِ

فرماهمُ بتشتُّتٍ وتباينِ

O dwelling, time bolted away with your people,

O home that time has ruined its people,

Casting them into dispersal and separation.

And scattered them in separation and discord.

سَقيا لعهدك معهداً ظَلْنا به

سَقيا لعهدك معهداً ظَلْنا به

نلهو ببيضٍ كالشُّموس فَواتنِ

نلهو ببيضٍ كالشُّموس فَواتنِ

May rain bless your days, dwelling where we once lingered,

Give to your era an era we lived in,

Playing with fair, bewitching maidens like suns.

Playing with pearls like shining suns.

من كلِّ رائعةِ الجمالِ خريدةٍ

من كلِّ رائعةِ الجمالِ خريدةٍ

رَيَّا الرَّوادفِ كالوذيلة حاصِنِ

رَيَّا الرَّوادفِ كالوذيلة حاصِنِ

Each one a secluded maiden of dazzling beauty,

Of every elegant beauty an expensive purchase,

Full-hipped, like a silver ingot, chaste.

A doe marking the meadows, like an adorned filly.

خود تسفّه كلَّ حبر عالمٍ

خود تسفّه كلَّ حبر عالمٍ

يهدى الأنامَ وكلَّ طبْنٍ طابنِ

يهدى الأنامَ وكلَّ طبْنٍ طابنِ

A tender maiden who makes fools of every learned sage

Denounce every scholar who claims wisdom,

Who guides mankind, and every sharp, discerning man.

Guiding people, and every composer singing songs,

فإذا اتَّقتكَ أرتكَ جيد غزالةٍ

فإذا اتَّقتكَ أرتكَ جيد غزالةٍ

وإذا رنتكَ رَنتْ بعينيْ شادِنِ

وإذا رنتكَ رَنتْ بعينيْ شادِنِ

When she shies away from you, she shows you a gazelle's neck;

For when I meet you, I find the smooth cheek of a gazelle,

When she gazes at you, she gazes with a fawn's eyes.

And when I call you, you call me with enchanting eyes.

أتراب رايةَ والزَّمان مساعد

أتراب رايةَ والزَّمان مساعد

والدهر يرمقنا بعينِ مهادنِ

والدهر يرمقنا بعينِ مهادنِ

Raya's age-mates, with time on our side,

I place the banner of the time that supports us,

And fate watching us with a peacemaker's eye,

And fate looks upon us with affectionate eyes,

حتى إذا عبثَ الزمان بوصلنا

حتى إذا عبثَ الزمان بوصلنا

فأباده والدهر أغدر خائنِ

فأباده والدهر أغدر خائنِ

Until time trifled with our union

Until when time disrupts our union,

And destroyed it—fate, that most treacherous betrayer.

And fate, the traitor, destroys us most wickedly.

يا رايَ قدَّ وجمال وجهكِ حِلْفةً

يا رايَ قدَّ وجمال وجهكِ حِلْفةً

أيقظتِ راقدَ كلِّ حزنٍ كامنِ

أيقظتِ راقدَ كلِّ حزنٍ كامنِ

O Raya, by your figure and your face's beauty, I swear:

O flag, your beauty and the beauty of your face pledged

You awakened every sleeping, hidden grief.

To awaken every dormant sorrow.

إني لآنفُ أن أدين لغاشمٍ

إني لآنفُ أن أدين لغاشمٍ

ذلاً ودون الذُّل جدعُ المارنِ

ذلاً ودون الذُّل جدعُ المارنِ

I disdain to submit to a tyrant

I disdain to be indebted to an unjust aggressor

In abasement: better to have the soft tip of one's nose cut off.

With humiliation - without humiliation comes the resolve of the defiant.

بل رُبَّ يومٍ قد لهوت وليلةٍ

بل رُبَّ يومٍ قد لهوت وليلةٍ

بمزامرٍ ومخامرٍ وحواصن

بمزامرٍ ومخامرٍ وحواصن

Rather, many a day and night I have spent in pleasure,

Rather, many a day I have sported, and many a night

With flutes, intoxicants, and chaste maidens.

With lutes, wine cups and viols.

وشربت من كف الحبيبِ مدامة

وشربت من كف الحبيبِ مدامة

صرفاً تحرّك كلَّ شوقٍ ساكنِ

صرفاً تحرّك كلَّ شوقٍ ساكنِ

And from my beloved's palm I drank wine,

And I have drunk from the palm of the beloved intoxicating wine

Undiluted, stirring every dormant longing.

That stirs every silent passion.

ولربَّ ماذيٍ غَلافقَ آجنِ

ولربَّ ماذيٍ غَلافقَ آجنِ

سابقت أذؤبه سباقَ مُراهنِ

سابقت أذؤبه سباقَ مُراهنِ

And many a vast, shimmering, stagnant-looking mirage

And how often have I competed with a fleet start

I raced its wolves like a racer laying wagers.

Outrunning the betting horsemen.

ولقد أجوب اللاَّمعات بعرمَسٍ

ولقد أجوب اللاَّمعات بعرمَسٍ

من عيسِ مَهرة عنتريسٍ بادنِ

من عيسِ مَهرة عنتريسٍ بادنِ

And I cross the shimmering wastes on a hardy she-camel,

And I have roamed the brilliant nights in 'Armais,

One of Mahra's pale camels, powerful and massive.

From 'Isa and Mahra's - a place of sand dunes.

ياراىَ لستُ بناكلٍ هَيَّابةٍ

ياراىَ لستُ بناكلٍ هَيَّابةٍ

يومَ الهياجِ ولا الجبان الواهِنِ

يومَ الهياجِ ولا الجبان الواهِنِ

O Raya, I am no craven, timid soul

O flag, I am not one who panics and runs

On the day of battle, nor a weakling coward.

On the day of battle, nor am I a coward who flees.

إني وحقكِ أمنُ قلبٍ خائفٍ

إني وحقكِ أمنُ قلبٍ خائفٍ

ألفَ الهُمومَ وخوف قلب الآمنِ

ألفَ الهُمومَ وخوف قلب الآمنِ

Indeed, by your claim upon me, I am a frightened heart's safety,

I swear by you, I am one whose fearful heart

A heart accustomed to grief, and the terror of a heart at ease.

Has known sorrows and the fear of the heart of the secure.

أسخو بما أحوي ويخزن آخر

أسخو بما أحوي ويخزن آخر

ليس البذولُ لماله كالخازنِ

ليس البذولُ لماله كالخازنِ

I lavish what I possess, while another hoards;

I am generous with what I possess and another hoards,

One who lavishes his wealth is not like one who hoards it.

Not being generous with one's money like a hoarder.

أنا سيد الأملاكِ غير مدافعِ

أنا سيد الأملاكِ غير مدافعِ

وحِمام كلّ ممارسٍ ومطاعن

وحِمام كلّ ممارسٍ ومطاعن

I am the lord of kings, unchallenged,

I am the master of kingdoms, not one who wards off,

And the death of every combatant and spear-fighter.

And the pigeon of every competitor and spearman.

أنا سعد كلِّ مسالمٍ بل نحس كلِّ

أنا سعد كلِّ مسالمٍ بل نحس كلِّ

مصارمٍ بل حتف كلِّ مشاحنِ

مصارمٍ بل حتف كلِّ مشاحنِ

I am good fortune to every peaceful man, but ill fortune to every

I am the luck of every peacemaker - rather the bad luck of each

Foe who severs ties, indeed the death of every quarrelsome enemy.

Spearman - indeed the death of every stubborn quarreler.

أنا من تخرُّ له الجَبابرُ سجَّداً

أنا من تخرُّ له الجَبابرُ سجَّداً

عند الوقائعِ والهَياج الزَّابنِ

عند الوقائعِ والهَياج الزَّابنِ

I am he before whom tyrants fall prostrate

I am the one before whom the champions bow down

In battles and the clash that drives men back.

In times of trial and raging battle.

فمنازل المُهدى المديحَ منازلي

فمنازل المُهدى المديحَ منازلي

وخزائن العافي الفقير خزائني

وخزائن العافي الفقير خزائني

My dwellings are the dwellings of whoever brings praise,

My dwellings are dwellings of praise,

And my treasuries are the treasuries of the poor supplicant.

And my coffers are the coffers of plenty for the poor.

يَلقى المعزَّةً والغنيمةَ سائلي

يَلقى المعزَّةً والغنيمةَ سائلي

فضلاً كما يلقى الحمامَ مطاعني

فضلاً كما يلقى الحمامَ مطاعني

My petitioner finds honor and booty,

Those who ask me receive grace and spoils,

As a bounty, just as my challenger finds death.

Just as my spears receive the pigeons.

ملك طَعون بالمثَّقفِ ضارب

ملك طَعون بالمثَّقفِ ضارب

فاسألْ عن الملكِ الضروب الطّاعنِ

فاسألْ عن الملكِ الضروب الطّاعنِ

A king who thrusts with the straightened spear and strikes—

A king striking with cultured striking,

Ask about this king, mighty in striking and thrusting.

So ask about the king of strikes, the piercing one.

كتب الإله على ذُباب مَهَّندى

كتب الإله على ذُباب مَهَّندى

أنتَ الحمامُ وفيكَ حين الحائنِ

أنتَ الحمامُ وفيكَ حين الحائنِ

God has written on the tip of my Indian blade:

God wrote on the fly of Muhanndan,

You are death, and in you lies the doomed man's end.

“You are the pigeon, and in you at the time of loss.”

إذْ جاءَ مُنتضياً حُساماً كاسمه

إذْ جاءَ مُنتضياً حُساماً كاسمه

عضباً مُلامسُ حدِه لم يأمَنِ

عضباً مُلامسُ حدِه لم يأمَنِ

When he came drawing a sword befitting his name, Husam,

When he came seeking, a sword like his name,

Sharp, its edge unsafe for anyone who touched it,

Angry, its sharp edge never feels safe.

يهدى أزَبَّ كذى عبُابٍ زاخرٍ

يهدى أزَبَّ كذى عبُابٍ زاخرٍ

متكاثفٍ مترادفٍ متراطِنِ

متكاثفٍ مترادفٍ متراطِنِ

Leading a bristling host like a sea with swelling waves,

It guides the humps of camels overflowing

Dense, rank following rank, clamoring in mingled tongues,

Crowded, proceeding, aligned together.

بصوارمٍ مضريَّةٍ ولَهاذمٍ

بصوارمٍ مضريَّةٍ ولَهاذمٍ

بدرَّيةٍ وصوافنٍ فصوافنِ

بدرَّيةٍ وصوافنٍ فصوافنِ

With Mudari blades and broad spearheads,

With deadly swords and crushing,

Badri ones, and rank upon rank of poised steeds,

Shining, bared, and bared again.

وفوارسٍ كأسودِ بيشة فيهم

وفوارسٍ كأسودِ بيشة فيهم

ضرب يبِّلد بالشجاعِ الدَّافن

ضرب يبِّلد بالشجاعِ الدَّافن

And horsemen like the lions of Bisha, among whom

And horsemen like the lions of Bisha among them

Were blows that stunned even the lurking champion.

A blow that removes with courage that buries.

فلبست لامتيَ المُفاضةَ واثقاً

فلبست لامتيَ المُفاضةَ واثقاً

بالظاهرِ المحيى المميتِ الباطنِ

بالظاهرِ المحيى المميتِ الباطنِ

I donned my ample armor, trusting

So I donned the impenetrable armor confident

In the Manifest, the Life-Giver, the Death-Giver, the Hidden.

In the apparent reviver and hidden killer.

وركبت جفلةَ والرماحُ شوارع

وركبت جفلةَ والرماحُ شوارع

والخيلُ بين تضارب وتطاعنِ

والخيلُ بين تضارب وتطاعنِ

And mounted Jafla while spears were leveled,

And I rode the short spear, and the spears are streets,

And the horses mingled in striking and thrusting.

And the horses between striking and piercing.

والشُّوس تَهتف بالرجالِ حماسةً

والشُّوس تَهتف بالرجالِ حماسةً

والجوُّ مدَّرِع بنقعٍ شاحنِ

والجوُّ مدَّرِع بنقعٍ شاحنِ

Fierce warriors cried to the men to rouse their courage,

And the bows shout to the men passionately,

And the air was armored in thick, billowing dust.

While the atmosphere is clad in roaring clamor.

في صارخٍ حَرِجٍ كأنَّ قَتامه

في صارخٍ حَرِجٍ كأنَّ قَتامه

والبيض غيهب ذي كواكب داجنِ

والبيض غيهب ذي كواكب داجنِ

Within a clamorous, crowded host, whose dust seemed—

With a shrieking like the darkness and the whites

With the bright blades—a starry, overcast night.

Are a fog with extinguished stars.

فسقيت أولهم بكأسٍ مُرَّةٍ

فسقيت أولهم بكأسٍ مُرَّةٍ

من حرِّموتٍ في سِناني كامنِ

من حرِّموتٍ في سِناني كامنِ

I made their foremost drink a bitter cup

So I gave the first of them a bitter cup

Of death's scorching heat, hidden in my spearpoint.

From the death stored in my spearhead.

فصرعته وشرعت رُمحي خالجاً

فصرعته وشرعت رُمحي خالجاً

لمدَّججٍ لذوي الشجاعةِ غابنِ

لمدَّججٍ لذوي الشجاعةِ غابنِ

I felled him and leveled my spear, jerking it

I threw him down and thrust my spear churning

At an armored warrior who outmatched men of valor.

For the armed with courage that destroys.

فطعنته فهوى لحُرّجبينه

فطعنته فهوى لحُرّجبينه

متسربلاً بنجيعِ جوفٍ ساخنِ

متسربلاً بنجيعِ جوفٍ ساخنِ

I pierced him; he fell upon the smooth front of his brow,

I stabbed him so he fell with his guts spilled out

Clothed in hot blood from his entrails.

Enwrapped in the boiling entrails’ heat.

فشككت آخره فجلجلَ رابعاً

فشككت آخره فجلجلَ رابعاً

فهوى ورُبَّة مصْلتٍ كالحاقنِ

فهوى ورُبَّة مصْلتٍ كالحاقنِ

Then I pierced his rear; he clattered down, fourth,

I made the fourth one clatter after I broke another,

And fell; many a sword-drawer was like a man holding in urine.

And he fell while a fragment of my sword was the injector.

وفتى عزيزٍ قد هَتكتُ بضربةٍ

وفتى عزيزٍ قد هَتكتُ بضربةٍ

جلبت له قَدَرَ القضاء الكائنِ

جلبت له قَدَرَ القضاء الكائنِ

And many a mighty youth I laid open with a blow

And a dear man whom I had struck with a blow

That brought him his appointed, inevitable doom.

That brought him the ordained fate.

وافى إليّ بشأنِ شانٍ جاسرٍ

وافى إليّ بشأنِ شانٍ جاسرٍ

ثم انثنى عني بشأنٍ شائنِ

ثم انثنى عني بشأنٍ شائنِ

He came at me with a proud, audacious bearing,

And he approached me boldly then recoiled

Then turned away from me with a shameful bearing.

From me with changed purpose.

وأخا قُضاعةَ قد أطرتُ فراخه

وأخا قُضاعةَ قد أطرتُ فراخه

بالقرنِ حتى خرَّ أهونَ هائنِ

بالقرنِ حتى خرَّ أهونَ هائنِ

And a man of Quda'a—I scattered his fledglings

And a brother of Quda'a whose chicks

With the blade, until he fell, the most abject of the abased.

I clipped with the horn until the slightest fell.

فربحت حمدَ الجَحفليْن بنجدتي

فربحت حمدَ الجَحفليْن بنجدتي

إن المحامدَ خير ربح الثَّامنِ

إن المحامدَ خير ربح الثَّامنِ

I won the praise of both armies through my valor:

So I gained the praised of the two tribes with my help -

Indeed, praise is a trader's finest profit.

Praise is the best profit of the protector.

فتضعضعتْ عني الفوارسُ إذ رأتْ

فتضعضعتْ عني الفوارسُ إذ رأتْ

حملاتِ حيدرَ في غزاة هوازن

حملاتِ حيدرَ في غزاة هوازن

The horsemen shrank back from me when they saw

The horsemen were shaken from me when they saw

Haydar's charges in the campaign against Hawazin.

The onslaughts of Haydar among the Hawazin warriors.

ورجعت بالقرن الخِشيب مثلمّا

ورجعت بالقرن الخِشيب مثلمّا

ودمٌ على ثوبيَّ هامٍ هاتنِ

ودمٌ على ثوبيَّ هامٍ هاتنِ

I returned with my unpolished blade notched,

And I returned with the wooden horn just as I had,

And blood pouring, streaming over my two garments.

While blood on my clothes is forbidden and passionate.

فغدا يقول شريفُهم ووضيعُهم

فغدا يقول شريفُهم ووضيعُهم

قولاً يهيَّجُ كلَّ ثاوٍ كامنِ

قولاً يهيَّجُ كلَّ ثاوٍ كامنِ

Then their noble and their lowly began to say

So in the morning their nobility and lowly

Words that stirred every hidden, settled soul:

Spoke words that stir every complacent sleeper:

لله دَرُّ أبي علّيٍ إنه

لله دَرُّ أبي علّيٍ إنه

أحيا النّدى وأمات كلَّ مشاحن

أحيا النّدى وأمات كلَّ مشاحن

God bless Abu Ali! He

“Praise be to Ali's father, he

Revived generosity and slew every quarrelsome foe.

Revived chivalry and killed every quarreler.

بذلَ الطريف وصان عرضاً طاهراً

بذلَ الطريف وصان عرضاً طاهراً

للهِ من ملكٍ بَذولٍ صائنِ

للهِ من ملكٍ بَذولٍ صائنِ

He lavished newly acquired wealth and guarded a spotless honor.

He gave graciously and protected a pure honor,

What a lavish, honor-guarding king!

By God, from a generous, helping king.”

إني لأُقسم بالإلِه أليَّةً

إني لأُقسم بالإلِه أليَّةً

واللهُ يكسو الخزى وجهَ الخائنِ

واللهُ يكسو الخزى وجهَ الخائنِ

I swear a solemn oath by God,

I swear by God truly,

And God clothes the traitor's face in shame:

And God clothes the shame of the traitor’s face.

لو كان غير أخي المحاولُ عثرتى

لو كان غير أخي المحاولُ عثرتى

لسقيته كأسَ الحَمامِ الآسنِ

لسقيته كأسَ الحَمامِ الآسنِ

Had the man seeking my downfall been anyone but my brother,

If another besides my attempting brother were my stumbling,

I would have made him drink the fetid cup of death.

I would have given him the bitter cup of the spearhead.

إذ كنت أعلم ما مُعادٍ مُقِلعٌ

إذ كنت أعلم ما مُعادٍ مُقِلعٌ

عما يحاول كالمُعادي العادِنِ

عما يحاول كالمُعادي العادِنِ

For I know that no enemy who desists

Since I knew the consequence of what he attempts

From what he attempts is like an enemy who persists.

Is far from what the transgressing enemy does.

أبلغْ حُساماً والحوادث جمَّة

أبلغْ حُساماً والحوادث جمَّة

من ذي حشىً يَغلي بنار ضغائنِ

من ذي حشىً يَغلي بنار ضغائنِ

Convey to Husam—calamities being many—

Inform Husam while events are all around

From one whose heart boils with the fire of grudges:

Of one who boils with the fires of grudges.

ما بالُ دولتك التي أمَّلتها

ما بالُ دولتك التي أمَّلتها

حادتْ ولم تُقدِمْ حيادَ الحارنِ

حادتْ ولم تُقدِمْ حيادَ الحارنِ

What has become of the dominion you hoped for?

Why has your state that I wished for

It swerved and would not advance, like a balking mount.

Deviated, and not taken the path of the cautioned?

طارت بعقلكَ في قتاليَ عُصبةٌ

طارت بعقلكَ في قتاليَ عُصبةٌ

لم يأس إذ يمشي بجّدٍ واهنِ

لم يأس إذ يمشي بجّدٍ واهنِ

A faction stole your wits in urging you to fight me,

Passion for fighting me has flown off with your reason,

Not despairing, though proceeding with feeble fortune.

One who does not despair when he walks with weakness.

لا زلت تدعوني نزالَ مجاهدٍ

لا زلت تدعوني نزالَ مجاهدٍ

دعوى امرئٍ لدُهاه غير الحاقنِ

دعوى امرئٍ لدُهاه غير الحاقنِ

You never ceased to call me to a warrior's duel,

You still call me to the struggle of a warrior,

With the challenge of a man who would not hold back his wiles,

The claim of a fool, not the truth-teller.

حتى إذا ما الحربُ شبَّ لهيبُها

حتى إذا ما الحربُ شبَّ لهيبُها

وعلت كرهتُ مُطاعِني ومعايني

وعلت كرهتُ مُطاعِني ومعايني

Until, when war's flames blazed

Until when war flared up intensely,

And rose high, I loathed my thrusts and encounters.

And I disliked my spears and their facing me,

فعليكَ نفسك ألزْمنَها رُشدها

فعليكَ نفسك ألزْمنَها رُشدها

وأقمْ مَقامَ العاقلِ المتطامِنِ

وأقمْ مَقامَ العاقلِ المتطامِنِ

So attend to yourself; bind yourself to sound judgment,

Upon yourself, make it keep to righteousness,

And take the stance of a sensible, humble man.

And take the stand of the composed wise one.

إني أنا الموتُ الذي لا بدَّ من

إني أنا الموتُ الذي لا بدَّ من

لقِيانه والموتُ ليس ببائنِ

لقِيانه والموتُ ليس ببائنِ

I am the death that must be

I am death which is inevitable

Encountered; death will not depart.

To meet, and death does not disappear.

قسماً لانَّ لجانبي لمواثبٌ

قسماً لانَّ لجانبي لمواثبٌ

لا عادَ ربك أيَّ ثاوٍ ماكنِ

لا عادَ ربك أيَّ ثاوٍ ماكنِ

I swear, a pouncing attacker has yielded to my might;

I swear the attackers on my side do not cease,

May your Lord never visit any settled, rooted dweller.

Your Lord has not returned any complacent sleeper.

والنصرُ من عندِ الإلهِ قضى به

والنصرُ من عندِ الإلهِ قضى به

لي في الوقائع في قضاه الكائنِ

لي في الوقائع في قضاه الكائنِ

Victory comes from God; He has ordained it

And victory is from God, He decided it

For me in battles, in His decree that comes to pass.

For me in the tribulations, in His decided fate.