تَعُدُّونَ قَتلاً في الحَرامِ عَظيمَةً

تَعُدُّونَ قَتلاً في الحَرامِ عَظيمَةً

وَأَعظَمُ مِنهُ لَو يَرى الرُشدَ راشِدُ

وَأَعظَمُ مِنهُ لَو يَرى الرُشدَ راشِدُ

You deem a killing in the sacred month a grave offense;

You consider killing in the sacred month a grave sin,

yet greater than that—if a discerning man could see the right course—

Though greater if the righteous saw true guidance.

صُدودُكُم عَمّا يَقولُ مُحَمَّدٌ

صُدودُكُم عَمّا يَقولُ مُحَمَّدٌ

وَكُفرٌ بِهِ وَاللَهُ رَبِّيَ شاهِدُ

وَكُفرٌ بِهِ وَاللَهُ رَبِّيَ شاهِدُ

is your turning away from what Muhammad says,

Your rejection of what Muhammad says,

and disbelief in him—and God, my Lord, is witness—

And disbelief in him, while God is my witness.

وَإِخراجُكُم مِن مَسجِدِ اللَهِ أَهلَهُ

وَإِخراجُكُم مِن مَسجِدِ اللَهِ أَهلَهُ

لِئَلّا يُرى لِلَّهِ في البَيتِ ساجِدُ

لِئَلّا يُرى لِلَّهِ في البَيتِ ساجِدُ

and your driving its people from God's mosque,

Your expulsion of God's people from His mosque,

so that no one may be seen prostrating to God in the House.

Lest prostrators to God be seen in the House.

فَإِنّا وَإِن عَيَّرتُمونا بِقَتلِهِ

فَإِنّا وَإِن عَيَّرتُمونا بِقَتلِهِ

وَأَرجَفَ بِالإِسلامِ باغٍ وَحاسِدُ

وَأَرجَفَ بِالإِسلامِ باغٍ وَحاسِدُ

For we, though you reproached us for killing him,

Yet if you reproach us for killing him,

and a wrongdoer and an envier spread alarming rumors about Islam,

And those envious and hostile to Islam roar,

سَقَينا مِنَ اِبنِ الحَضرَمِيِّ رِماحَنا

سَقَينا مِنَ اِبنِ الحَضرَمِيِّ رِماحَنا

بِنَخلَةَ لَمّا أَوقَدَ الحَربَ واقِدُ

بِنَخلَةَ لَمّا أَوقَدَ الحَربَ واقِدُ

gave our spears a draught from Ibn al-Hadrami—

We quenched our spears in Ibn al-Hadrami's blood

at Nakhlah, when Waqid kindled war—

When he ignited war, fanning its flames.

دَماً وَاِبنُ عَبدِ اللَهِ عُثمانُ بَينَنا

دَماً وَاِبنُ عَبدِ اللَهِ عُثمانُ بَينَنا

يُنازِعُهُ غُلٌّ مِنَ القِدِّ عارِدُ

يُنازِعُهُ غُلٌّ مِنَ القِدِّ عارِدُ

of blood; and Uthman, son of Abd Allah, is among us,

Blood between us and the son of Abdullah, Usman,

an unyielding rawhide shackle wrestling with him.

Whose neck sinews stubbornly resist the sword.