دَمُthe blood كُلِّof every مَنone whom حارَبتُمُyou fought مَطلولُshed unavenged
دَمُ كُلِّ مَن حارَبتُمُ مَطلولُ
وَدِيارُand the dwellings مَنwhoever عادَopposed (verb fragment) يتمُوهُyou ... him (verb ending) طُلولُruins
وَدِيارُ مَن عادَ يتمُوهُ طُلولُ
The blood of everyone you fought is shed unavenged.
And the dwellings of those you opposed lie in ruins.
لَكُمُyours البَسيطَةُthe earth أَرضُهاits land وَمِياهُهاand its waters
لَكُمُ البَسيطَةُ أَرضُها وَمِياهُها
تَجريgallop الجِيادُthe steeds وَيَسبَحُand swims الأُسطولُthe fleet
تَجري الجِيادُ وَيَسبَحُ الأُسطولُ
Yours is the earth, its land and its waters.
The steeds gallop, and the fleet swims.
فَإِذاso when اِنتَحَيتُمyou head toward فيin بِلادٍlands وِجهَةًa destination
فَإِذا اِنتَحَيتُم في بِلادٍ وِجهَةً
قَرُبَdrew near البَعيدُthe distant وَضُمَّand was drawn together مِنهُof it الطولُthe length
قَرُبَ البَعيدُ وَضُمَّ مِنهُ الطولُ
So when you head toward a destination in any land,
the far becomes near, and its long expanse is drawn together.
نَزَلواthey encamped عَلىon طَرَفِthe edge of البِلادِthe land وَماand not دَرَواthey knew
نَزَلوا عَلى طَرَفِ البِلادِ وَما دَرَوا
أَنَّthat النُّزُولَalighting عَنِfrom الحَياةِlife نُزولُa descent
أَنَّ النُّزُولَ عَنِ الحَياةِ نُزولُ
They encamped at the edge of the land, not knowing
that their landing was a descent from life.
وَتَخَيَّلواand they imagined إِسلامَهُمtheir handing over لِغَوِيِّهِمof their misguided one
وَتَخَيَّلوا إِسلامَهُم لِغَوِيِّهِم
وَمِنَand from الشَّقاوَةِwretchedness ذلِكَthat التَّخييلُimagining
وَمِنَ الشَّقاوَةِ ذلِكَ التَّخييلُ
And they fancied handing over their misguided one,
and such imagining was part of their misfortune.
هَيهاتَfar from it! مِنfrom دونِbefore الَّذيwhat قَدalready أَمَّلواthey hoped for
هَيهاتَ مِن دونِ الَّذي قَد أَمَّلوا
ضَربٌblows كَماjust as شُقَّwas torn الرِّداءُthe cloak طَويلُlong
ضَربٌ كَما شُقَّ الرِّداءُ طَويلُ
Far from it! Between them and what they had hoped for lay
long slashes, like the rending of a cloak,
وَسَحائِبٍand clouds فيهاin them السُّيوفُthe swords بَوارِقٌlightning flashes
وَسَحائِبٍ فيها السُّيوفُ بَوارِقٌ
وَالزَّجرُand the shouting رَعدٌthunder وَالخُيولُand the horses سُيولُtorrents
وَالزَّجرُ رَعدٌ وَالخُيولُ سُيولُ
and clouds in which the swords are flashes of lightning;
and the shouting is thunder, and the horses are torrents.
جَيشٌan army يَجُرُّtrails مِنَof الحَديدِiron مُلاءَةًa mantle
جَيشٌ يَجُرُّ مِنَ الحَديدِ مُلاءَةً
زَرقاءَblue زِئبَرُهاits nap قَناًlances وَنُصولُand blades
زَرقاءَ زِئبَرُها قَناً وَنُصولُ
An army trails a mantle of iron,
blue, with lances and blades for its nap.
وَكَأَنَّماand as though بَينَbetween السَّماءِthe sky وَبَينَهاand between it
وَكَأَنَّما بَينَ السَّماءِ وَبَينَها
لِلنَّقعِfor the dust سِجفٌa curtain بِالظُّبىby sword-edges مَسدُولُdrawn down
لِلنَّقعِ سِجفٌ بِالظُّبى مَسدُولُ
And it is as though, between the sky and it,
a curtain of dust were drawn down by sword-edges.
جَيشٌan army بِأَقصَىat the farthest of المَشرِقَينِthe two easts سَراتُهُits leaders
جَيشٌ بِأَقصَى المَشرِقَينِ سَراتُهُ
وَلَهُand it has بِأَقصَىat the farthest of المَغرِبَينِthe two wests قَليلُa small part
وَلَهُ بِأَقصَى المَغرِبَينِ قَليلُ
An army whose leaders are at the farthest of the two easts,
and a small part of it is at the farthest of the two wests.
ماwhat بَينَbetween قائِمِthe hilt of سَيفِهِhis sword وَذُبابِهِand its point
ما بَينَ قائِمِ سَيفِهِ وَذُبابِهِ
نورٌlight فِرِندُwatered-steel sheen الشَّمسِthe sun مِنهُfrom it يَجولُplays
نورٌ فِرِندُ الشَّمسِ مِنهُ يَجولُ
What lies between the hilt of his sword and its point
is light, from which the sun's damascened sheen plays.
تَجريflow المَناياdeaths وَالمُنىand hopes فيin سَيفِهِhis sword
تَجري المَنايا وَالمُنى في سَيفِهِ
هذيthese تَصولُcharge بِحَيثُwhere تِلكَthose تَسيلُflow
هذي تَصولُ بِحَيثُ تِلكَ تَسيلُ
Deaths and hopes flow through his sword;
these charge where those flow.
Translation model: Sol 6.1