1. Italy drank the cup of calamity
In Tripoli by the swords of the Arabs

2. I lied to her about her hopes
That she would win the war

3. So we struck her to teach her
That truthfulness is for the brave youth

4. She rejoiced for the conquest but the tumult
Changed that joy into sorrow

5. I roused all my valorous men
Armored with patience, shedding their blood

6. The sensitive soul dislikes in the heat of battle
To see what he loves struck down

7. Our swords now protect
Revealing their marvel in striking

8. Crowning them are inscriptions
Of victory and titles of defeat

9. Whenever their army rose like clouds
Death blew them away and they scattered

10. And when their swords flashed
In the sky of the battlefield they poured down death

11. It was as if their fleets
Had become fleets of escape

12. How many men once crowned
Returned crowned by the slashing sword

13. Rome grieved for their dead
They were among the unlucky ones

14. I do not complain of war, but thank it
For through it we gained this honor

15. It refined us of every blemish
As fire refines gold

16. So we rose with sincere unity
As blood brothers rise

17. The lands of Islam have become as one hand
As the Emirates of the Arabs were united

18. The valiant Sanusi took his stance there
Guarding with eternal glory and repute

19. No sooner did the night of tumult darken
Than its darkness cleared, dawn broke

20. Islam shouted in distress and
He came to relieve distress

21. Africa rose at his call
A rising that shook the West

22. Every warrior and tumult walks to it
With the gait of the thirsty to fresh water

23. The taste of death was sweet in their mouths
As if death itself were a kind of sweetness

24. They were Arabs yet knew not
The meaning in their own words for awe

25. A danger the likes of which never was
Struck Islam from every side

26. Tell Islam from me in a flaming breath
Its embers burning between hot coals

27. That the Crusader war has revived
So revive it as it hurls flames

28. Beyond religion no goal is sought
If we do not defend the faith it will perish

29. He who protects his homeland and
Upholds the faith performs his duty

30. O Orient shake off your slumber
That has disturbed the ages and eras

31. Are you not enraged at your condition
The wrath of a lion when oppressed with rage

32. You have been robbed of glory – and glory when
Not defended is stolen away

33. Today I see you only as a body
Drenched in blood that is shed

34. Today I see you only as spoils
Divided as plunder, looted again

35. Wealth reaped and glory gained
Sublimity seized and land usurped

36. So strike down division with the sword and you will be
Decisive, defeating the hopes of the arrogant

37. How long will you blame while the West
Is not blamed, though weak, if it complains?

38. You were absent from the battle so they
Plundered that unprotected land

39. You were the sky decorated
With suns shining and shooting stars

40. So when will you regain the knowledge
Whose people ignorance drove into exile?