1. As for jihad, you were ahead in pursuing it
Upholding its ways and fulfilling its limits

2. When you saw disbelief bare its harshness
And transgress, exceeding all bounds

3. The Romans have whetted the blades of their wars
So the land is afire, kindled by their flames

4. The sea is clogged with their multitudes
Beyond count of the pebbles on its bed

5. At the junction of two seas their army lies
Blocking the paths of jihad by its might