كمmany a فارسhorseman يدعىis called وليسand is not بفارسٍa horseman at all
كم فارس يدعى وليس بفارسٍ
وعلىand at الهباءةal-Haba’ah فارسa horseman ذوpossessed of مصدقِproven valor
وعلى الهباءة فارس ذو مصدقِ
Many a man is called a horseman, yet is no horseman.
How many a knight who boasts, yet is no knight!
And at al-Haba’ah is a horseman of proven valor.
And many a fool in knightly guise bedight.
فابكواso weep حذيفةHudhayfah لنwill not ترثواyou mourn مثلهhis like
فابكوا حذيفة لن ترثوا مثله
حتىuntil تبيدperish قبائلtribes لمhave not تخلقِbeen created
حتى تبيد قبائل لم تخلقِ
So weep for Hudhayfah; you will not mourn his like
Weep for Hudhayfa; ne’er shall ye find
Until tribes not yet created have perished.
His peer, though tribes unborn shall crowd humankind.