عَلَونا جَوشَناً بِأَشَدَّ مِنهُ

عَلَونا جَوشَناً بِأَشَدَّ مِنهُ

وَأَثبَتَ عِندَ مُشتَجَرِ الرِماحِ

وَأَثبَتَ عِندَ مُشتَجَرِ الرِماحِ

We scaled Jawshan with one mightier than it,

We roared more fiercely than it

And more steadfast where spears entwine,

And stood firm at the clash of spears

بِجَيشٍ جاشَ بِالفُرسانِ حَتّى

بِجَيشٍ جاشَ بِالفُرسانِ حَتّى

ظَنَنتَ البَرَّ بَحراً مِن سِلاحِ

ظَنَنتَ البَرَّ بَحراً مِن سِلاحِ

With an army that surged with horsemen until

With an army raging with horsemen until

You thought dry land a sea of arms.

You'd think the land was a sea of weapons

وَأَلسِنَةٍ مِنَ العَذَباتِ حُمرٌ

وَأَلسِنَةٍ مِنَ العَذَباتِ حُمرٌ

تُخاطِبُنا بِأَفواهِ الرِماحِ

تُخاطِبُنا بِأَفواهِ الرِماحِ

And red tongues of pennants

And tongues of sweet maidens

Address us through the mouths of spears.

Addressing us with mouths of spears

وَأَروَعَ جَيشُهُ لَيلٌ بَهيمٌ

وَأَروَعَ جَيشُهُ لَيلٌ بَهيمٌ

وَغُرَّتُهُ عَمودٌ مِن صَباحِ

وَغُرَّتُهُ عَمودٌ مِن صَباحِ

And with a majestic man whose army is a pitch-black night,

And his magnificent army a fearful night

And whose radiant brow is a shaft of dawn:

And its darkness a pillar of dawn

صَفوحٌ عِندَ قُدرَتِهِ كَريمٌ

صَفوحٌ عِندَ قُدرَتِهِ كَريمٌ

قَليلُ الصَفحِ مابَينَ الصِفاحِ

قَليلُ الصَفحِ مابَينَ الصِفاحِ

Forgiving when he holds power, generous,

Noble in his power, forgiving

Yet sparing of pardon amid the sword blades.

Yet stern between clash and clash

فَكانَ ثَباتُهُ لِلقَلبِ قَلباً

فَكانَ ثَباتُهُ لِلقَلبِ قَلباً

وَهَيبَتُهُ جَناحاً لِلجَناحِ

وَهَيبَتُهُ جَناحاً لِلجَناحِ

So his steadfastness was a heart for the army's center,

So his steadfastness was a heart for hearts

And his awe-inspiring presence a wing for its flank.

And his awe a wing for wings