1. When the opportunists tried to abandon the turmoil
And grant the defeated a respite out of our grace

2. We negotiated with the Greeks a truce for war
At their request, yet they were the lower hand

3. Victory paired with glory has never ceased
Its signs being recited by the tongues of days

4. I say to those who remain ignorant of our glory
Ask the sword about us, and the gallantry and nobleness

5. Our Sultan Abdul Hamid has a policy
Its method in dilemmas is the finest

6. I asked Saladin, sword of resolution
So you broke with it what was not easily broken

7. So I prepared a clamorous army for jihad
I subdued with it that enemy which had fled

8. We congratulate you on the evident conquest by which
The minaret of Sharia has risen high