بالله سل عصبة بالفرس قد فتكت

بالله سل عصبة بالفرس قد فتكت

بأي جرم دماء القوم قد سفكت

بأي جرم دماء القوم قد سفكت

By God, ask the band that massacred the Persians:

By God, ask the alliance of Persians if they have destroyed

For what crime was the people's blood shed?

For what crime they have shed the blood of the people

فرّت من الظلم اشفاقا فكان لها

فرّت من الظلم اشفاقا فكان لها

سفك الدماء جزاء ان دعت وشكت

سفك الدماء جزاء ان دعت وشكت

They fled oppression in fear, and their lot was

They fled from injustice in horror, so for them

bloodshed, as recompense for their pleas and complaints.

Shedding blood was the punishment if they called and complained

لم ينقموا منهم الاولاء هم

لم ينقموا منهم الاولاء هم

وحبهم عترة قد قدّست وزكت

وحبهم عترة قد قدّست وزكت

They held nothing against them except their allegiance

They did not resent them as patrons, they

and their love for the Prophet's family, sanctified and pure.

And their love are a family that has been sanctified and purified

طلت دماء اراقتها سيوفهم

طلت دماء اراقتها سيوفهم

كأنه يوم تشريق وقد نسكت

كأنه يوم تشريق وقد نسكت

The blood their swords spilled went unavenged,

Their swords shed blood

as though it were a day of Tashriq, with sacrifices offered.

As if it were a day of celebration and they had abstained

ولم تكن حرمة الأسلام تمنعهم

ولم تكن حرمة الأسلام تمنعهم

عنها ولا حرمة الشهر التي انتهكت

عنها ولا حرمة الشهر التي انتهكت

Nor did the sanctity of Islam restrain them

And the sanctity of Islam did not prevent them

from that bloodshed, nor the month's sanctity, which was violated.

From it or the sanctity of the month which was violated

قرت عيون العدى واستضحكت فرحاً

قرت عيون العدى واستضحكت فرحاً

فسوف تبكي طويلا بعدما ضحكت

فسوف تبكي طويلا بعدما ضحكت

The enemies' eyes were gladdened and laughed with joy;

The eyes of the enemy were delighted and laughed with joy

so they will weep for a long time after having laughed.

So they will cry for a long time after they laughed

يا غيرة الدين والشرع اثأري بهم

يا غيرة الدين والشرع اثأري بهم

واطفئي نار حزن في القلوب ذكت

واطفئي نار حزن في القلوب ذكت

O zeal for religion and sacred law, take vengeance upon them,

O zeal of religion and law, avenge them

and quench the fire of grief blazing in the hearts.

And extinguish the fire of sorrow in hearts that blazed

لهفي لهم وبنات الرعد تمطرهم

لهفي لهم وبنات الرعد تمطرهم

بنادقا بسمام الموت قد سبكت

بنادقا بسمام الموت قد سبكت

Alas for them, as the daughters of thunder shower them

My craving for them and the daughters of thunder rain upon them

with bullets cast from death's poisons.

With rifles containing lethal bullets that were cast

قاد الغوي لهم جنداً مؤلفة

قاد الغوي لهم جنداً مؤلفة

من كل مارقة في قتلها اشتركت

من كل مارقة في قتلها اشتركت

The misguided one led against them a host assembled

The deceiver led for them an army

from every renegade band that joined in their slaughter.

Composed of every apostate who participated in killing them

فغودرت منهم قتلي مطرحة

فغودرت منهم قتلي مطرحة

فوق الثرى برحى الهيجاء قد عركت

فوق الثرى برحى الهيجاء قد عركت

So the slain among them were left strewn

So they were treacherously killed, strewn

upon the earth, ground down by the millstone of battle,

Over the ground, crushed by the torrent they were threshed

عارين قد سلبوا منهم ثيابهم

عارين قد سلبوا منهم ثيابهم

ويح اللئام فما تبقي إذا ملكت

ويح اللئام فما تبقي إذا ملكت

naked, their clothes stripped away from them.

Bare, robbed of their clothes

Woe to the vile, for they spare nothing when they hold power.

Woe to the scoundrels, they leave nothing when they rule