أنا السيف يخشى حدُّه قبل هَزَّه

أنا السيف يخشى حدُّه قبل هَزَّه

فكيف وقد هُزَّ الحسامُ المهنَّدُ

فكيف وقد هُزَّ الحسامُ المهنَّدُ

I am the sword—its edge is feared before it is brandished;

I am the sword whose edge is feared before it is brandished;

how much more, then, now that the Indian-forged blade has indeed been brandished?

Then how, now that the keen, Indian-forged sword has been brandished?