قد أوعدتنا معدٌّ ، وهي كاذبةٌ

قد أوعدتنا معدٌّ ، وهي كاذبةٌ

نَصرا ، فكانَ لَها مِيعادُ عُرقُوبِ

نَصرا ، فكانَ لَها مِيعادُ عُرقُوبِ

Maʿadd has promised us, though she is lying,

The distributor promised us victory, but she is a liar

Aid; hers proved to be the promise of ʿUrqūb.

A triumph, yet her appointment was with misfortune

وقَد نُقَدِّمُ في الهَيجاءِ إِذ لَقِحَتْ

وقَد نُقَدِّمُ في الهَيجاءِ إِذ لَقِحَتْ

يَومَ الحِفاظ ، ونَحمي كلَّ مَكرُوبِ

يَومَ الحِفاظ ، ونَحمي كلَّ مَكرُوبِ

And indeed we advance in battle when it has conceived,

And we may present ourselves amidst the excitement when she was impregnated

On the day of defending honor, and we protect every man in distress.

The day she was pregnant, and we protect every afflicted one

يهوي ، إذا الخيلُ جازته وثارَ لها

يهوي ، إذا الخيلُ جازته وثارَ لها

هَوِيَّ سَجلٍ ، مِنَ العَلياءِ مَصبوبِ

هَوِيَّ سَجلٍ ، مِنَ العَلياءِ مَصبوبِ

He plunges when the horses pass him and he springs at them,

He plummets, when the horses pass him and rise for them

Like a brimming bucket poured down from on high.

Plunging from the heights, pouring from the lofty summit

زرقاً أسنَّتها ، حمراً ، مثقَّفةً

زرقاً أسنَّتها ، حمراً ، مثقَّفةً

أطرافهنَّ مقيلٌ لليعاسيبِ

أطرافهنَّ مقيلٌ لليعاسيبِ

Spears with blue heads and red, well-straightened shafts,

Their tips blue, red, stained

Their tips a midday resting place for chieftains.

Their edges inclined towards the buzzards

حامِي الحَقِيقةِ ، لا تُخشَى كَهامتُهُ

حامِي الحَقِيقةِ ، لا تُخشَى كَهامتُهُ

يَسقي الأَعادِيَ مَوتا غَيرَ تَقشيبِ

يَسقي الأَعادِيَ مَوتا غَيرَ تَقشيبِ

A defender of honor, whose faltering none need fear,

Defender of the truth, his zeal is not feared

He makes his foes drink death, not by poisoning.

He waters the enemies with death without reservation