أَعدَدتُ سَبحَةَ بَعدَ ما قَرِحَت

أَعدَدتُ سَبحَةَ بَعدَ ما قَرِحَت

وَلَبِستُ شِكَّةَ حازِمٍ جَلدِ

وَلَبِستُ شِكَّةَ حازِمٍ جَلدِ

I readied Sabḥa once she had reached maturity,

After my rosary broke, I donned the coat of mail of the resolute Hāzim,

and donned the battle gear of a resolute, hardy man.

Our love and intimacy will not be joined together,

لَن تَجمَعوا وُدّي وَمَعتَبَتي

لَن تَجمَعوا وُدّي وَمَعتَبَتي

أَو يُجمَعَ السَيفانِ في غِمدِ

أَو يُجمَعَ السَيفانِ في غِمدِ

You will never combine my friendship and my resentment,

Nor will the two swords be sheathed in one scabbard,

unless two swords are brought together in one sheath.

Nuʿmān, you are a treacherous deceiver,

نُعمانُ إِنَّكَ خائِنٌ خَدِعٌ

نُعمانُ إِنَّكَ خائِنٌ خَدِعٌ

يُخفي ضَميرُكَ غَيرَ ما تُبدي

يُخفي ضَميرُكَ غَيرَ ما تُبدي

Nuʿmān, you are treacherous and deceitful;

Your conscience hides something other than what you reveal.

your heart conceals something other than what you reveal.

So if the carving of our idols appears to you,

فَإِذا بَدا لَكَ نَحتُ أَثلَتِنا

فَإِذا بَدا لَكَ نَحتُ أَثلَتِنا

فَعَلَيكُما إِن كُنتَ ذا حَردِ

فَعَلَيكُما إِن كُنتَ ذا حَردِ

So if you think to hew at our tamarisk,

Then it is upon you, if you are a man of valor,

then have at it, both of you, if you have the resolve.

To refuse to allow us to be dignified,

يَأَبى لَنا أَنّا ذَوو أَنَفٍ

يَأَبى لَنا أَنّا ذَوو أَنَفٍ

وَأُصولُنا مِن مَحتِدِ المَجدِ

وَأُصولُنا مِن مَحتِدِ المَجدِ

Our being men of pride will not permit it,

While our origin is from the giver of glorious deeds.

and our roots spring from the stock of glory.

If you take pride in Al-Kharqāʾ, our family

إِن تَغرُ بِالخَرقاءِ أُسرَتَنا

إِن تَغرُ بِالخَرقاءِ أُسرَتَنا

تَلقَ الكَتائِبَ دونَنا تَردي

تَلقَ الكَتائِبَ دونَنا تَردي

If you bait our clan with a reckless scheme,

Will meet the battalions before you and repel them.

you will meet battalions charging before us.

Did you think we were flesh for biting?

أَحسِبتَنا لَحماً عَلى وَضَمٍ

أَحسِبتَنا لَحماً عَلى وَضَمٍ

أَم خِلتَنا في البَأسِ لا نُجدي

أَم خِلتَنا في البَأسِ لا نُجدي

Did you think us meat upon a butcher's block,

Or did you think us feeble in war and unable to help?

or imagine us of no use in battle?

And you plotted against us while we were afflicted,

وَمَكَرتَ مُعتَلِياً مَخَنَّتَنا

وَمَكَرتَ مُعتَلِياً مَخَنَّتَنا

وَالمَكرُ مِنكَ عَلامَةُ العَمدِ

وَالمَكرُ مِنكَ عَلامَةُ العَمدِ

And you plotted, overlooking our broad road;

Yet plotting is a sign of your premeditation.

and your scheming is a sign of deliberate intent.

You brandished your sword in order to fight us,

وَهَزَزتَ سَيفَكَ كَي تُحارِبَنا

وَهَزَزتَ سَيفَكَ كَي تُحارِبَنا

فَاِنظُرُ بِسَيفِكَ مَن بِهِ تُردي

فَاِنظُرُ بِسَيفِكَ مَن بِهِ تُردي

And you brandished your sword to fight us;

So look, by your sword, whom do you repel?

so see whom you bring down with your sword.

You desired the plan of the brave Hāzim,

وَأَرَدتَ خُطَّةَ حازِمٍ بَطَلٍ

وَأَرَدتَ خُطَّةَ حازِمٍ بَطَلٍ

حيرانَ أَوبَقَهُ الَّذي يُسدي

حيرانَ أَوبَقَهُ الَّذي يُسدي

And you sought the strategy of a resolute champion,

Confused about which treacherous one brought it to ruin,

bewildered, undone by the schemes he weaves.

And the path was illuminated for you and the ways

وَلَقَد أَضاءَ لَكَ الطَريقُ وَأَنهَجَت

وَلَقَد أَضاءَ لَكَ الطَريقُ وَأَنهَجَت

سُبُلُ المَسالِكِ وَالهُدى يُعدي  

سُبُلُ المَسالِكِ وَالهُدى يُعدي

Indeed, the road has lit up for you, and clear now are

To the roads and guidance spread for you.

the paths of passage; guidance lends aid.