رَسولُكَ الخَطِّيُّ يَومَ الوَغى

رَسولُكَ الخَطِّيُّ يَومَ الوَغى

تُردِفُهُ بِالأَبيَضِ الصارِمِ

تُردِفُهُ بِالأَبيَضِ الصارِمِ

Your messenger on battle's day is the Khattī spear;

Your envoy on the day of turmoil

you follow it with the white, keen-edged sword.

Backed by the fierce white force

مَن نامَ عَن مَكرُمَةٍ عامِداً

مَن نامَ عَن مَكرُمَةٍ عامِداً

فَلَستَ عَنها الدَهرَ بِالنائِمِ

فَلَستَ عَنها الدَهرَ بِالنائِمِ

Whoever deliberately sleeps through a noble deed—

Whoever slept intentionally avoiding generosity

you, however, are never asleep to it.

You won't sleep forever, o sleeper

لَم يُرَ في عِترَتِهِ مِثلُهُ

لَم يُرَ في عِترَتِهِ مِثلُهُ

أَنصَفَ لِلمَظلومِ مِن ظالِمِ

أَنصَفَ لِلمَظلومِ مِن ظالِمِ

None among his kin has been seen to equal him

None in his family was like him

in securing justice for the wronged against an oppressor.

He was just, siding with the wronged against the oppressor

لَكِنَّهُ يَمطُلُ حَقّاً مَضى

لَكِنَّهُ يَمطُلُ حَقّاً مَضى

بِهِ لِيَ التَسجيلُ مِن حاكِمِ

بِهِ لِيَ التَسجيلُ مِن حاكِمِ

But he delays payment of a due already confirmed

But he delays a right long past

for me by a judge's written ruling.

For which I appeal to the ruler