يا مُطعِمَ الجيشِ أشبعتَ السُّيوفَ دَما

يا مُطعِمَ الجيشِ أشبعتَ السُّيوفَ دَما

لولاكَ ما شَبعتْ يَوماً ولا طَعِما

لولاكَ ما شَبعتْ يَوماً ولا طَعِما

O feeder of the army, you have sated the swords with blood.

O you who feed the army, you satiated the swords with blood

Without you, they would never have been sated, nor would the army have eaten.

Without you, they would never be full or satisfied

أنتَ الحياةُ جَرَتْ في كلِّ مُنطَلقٍ

أنتَ الحياةُ جَرَتْ في كلِّ مُنطَلقٍ

تَغشَى الكميَّ وتغشى الصَّارِمَ الخَذِما

تَغشَى الكميَّ وتغشى الصَّارِمَ الخَذِما

You are the life that has flowed through all who set forth,

You are life itself, flowing in every path

Enveloping the armored warrior and the keen, cleaving sword.

Covering the masses, covering the sharp and unyielding swords

تَتابع الجودُ لا بُخلٌ ولا سَأَمٌ

تَتابع الجودُ لا بُخلٌ ولا سَأَمٌ

دِينُ المروءةِ يأبى البُخلَ والسَّأما

دِينُ المروءةِ يأبى البُخلَ والسَّأما

Generosity continued, with neither stinginess nor weariness.

Generosity continues endlessly, neither stinginess nor boredom

The creed of chivalry rejects stinginess and weariness.

The religion of chivalry refuses stinginess and boredom

المسلمونَ يَدٌ للَّهِ عَامِلَةٌ

المسلمونَ يَدٌ للَّهِ عَامِلَةٌ

تَمضِي أصابعُها في شأنِها قُدُما

تَمضِي أصابعُها في شأنِها قُدُما

The Muslims are a hand working for God;

The Muslims are a hand of God, working

Its fingers move forward in their task.

Its fingers advancing steadfastly in their task

لا تشتكِي إصبعٌ من إصبعٍ وَهَنَاً

لا تشتكِي إصبعٌ من إصبعٍ وَهَنَاً

ولا تُغايِرُها إذ تَشتكِي الألما

ولا تُغايِرُها إذ تَشتكِي الألما

No finger complains of another finger's weakness,

No finger complains of weakness to another

Nor stands apart from it when it complains of pain.

Nor differs when it feels pain

يا سعد أدَّيتَ حقَّ اللَّهِ من ثَمَرٍ

يا سعد أدَّيتَ حقَّ اللَّهِ من ثَمَرٍ

لو كانَ من ذَهَبٍ ما زِدْتَه عِظَما

لو كانَ من ذَهَبٍ ما زِدْتَه عِظَما

O Sa'd, you paid God's due from fruit;

O Saad, you fulfilled your duty to God from the harvest

Had it been gold, you would not have made it greater.

Had it been gold, you would not have increased it in glory

كذلك الخيرُ يُدعَى المُرءُ مُغتَنماً

كذلك الخيرُ يُدعَى المُرءُ مُغتَنماً

إن راحَ يَنْهَبُه في القومِ مُغْتَنِما

إن راحَ يَنْهَبُه في القومِ مُغْتَنِما

Such is goodness: a man is called a prize to be won,

Thus good is to be seized when one is called

If he goes among the people, plundering it as gain.

Lest it be plundered among the people by the plunderers

زَادَتْكَ نَخْلُكَ يا سعدُ بن ساعدةٍ

زَادَتْكَ نَخْلُكَ يا سعدُ بن ساعدةٍ

فَضلاً وزادَتْ على أمثالِها كرما

فَضلاً وزادَتْ على أمثالِها كرما

Your date-palms, O Sa'd ibn Sa'idah, have increased you

Your palm trees increased you, O Saad ibn Saa'dah

In virtue, and surpassed their peers in generosity.

In bounty, and increased over their likes in generosity

هذا جَنَاهَا بأيدِي القومِ مُنْتَهَبٌ

هذا جَنَاهَا بأيدِي القومِ مُنْتَهَبٌ

واللَّهُ يكتبُ فَانْظُرْ هل تَرَى القَلَمَا

واللَّهُ يكتبُ فَانْظُرْ هل تَرَى القَلَمَا

Here is their fruit, plundered by the people's hands;

This was seized by the hands of the people as spoils

And God records it—look: do you see the pen?

But God records - so look, do you see the Pen?

أحْصَاه يا سعدُ عَدّاً ثم ضَاعَفَهُ

أحْصَاه يا سعدُ عَدّاً ثم ضَاعَفَهُ

فلستَ تُحْصِيهِ حَتّى تُحْصِيَ الأُمَما

فلستَ تُحْصِيهِ حَتّى تُحْصِيَ الأُمَما

He counted it, O Sa'd, item by item, then multiplied it,

He counted it, O Saad, then multiplied it

So you cannot count it until you count the nations.

You cannot count it until you count all the nations

ادفع عُيينةَ واردعْ جهلَ صاحِبِهِ

ادفع عُيينةَ واردعْ جهلَ صاحِبِهِ

إنّ الحديثَ حديثُ الدّهرِ لو عَلِما

إنّ الحديثَ حديثُ الدّهرِ لو عَلِما

Repel 'Uyaynah, and restrain his companion's folly;

Repel Uyaynah and restrain the ignorance of his companion

Indeed, this is a story for all time, if only those two knew.

Though the talk is the talk of time, had they but known

تَمْرُ المدينةِ ما فيه مُسَاوَمَةٌ

تَمْرُ المدينةِ ما فيه مُسَاوَمَةٌ

أو يَرْجِعَ السَّيْفُ عنه مُترَعاً بَشِما

أو يَرْجِعَ السَّيْفُ عنه مُترَعاً بَشِما

There is no bargaining over Medina's dates,

The dates of Medina, there is no bargaining over them

Until the sword returns from them brimming and surfeited.

Nor does the sword turn back from them, terrified and confused

طَعَامُ كلِّ فَتىً للَّهِ مُنتَدَبٍ

طَعَامُ كلِّ فَتىً للَّهِ مُنتَدَبٍ

لا يغمدُ السَّيْف عَمَّنْ يُطعِمُ الصَّنما

لا يغمدُ السَّيْف عَمَّنْ يُطعِمُ الصَّنما

The food of every young man called to serve God,

The food of every volunteer is for God

Who will not sheathe the sword before those who feed the idol.

He does not sheathe his sword from those who worship idols

مَنَعْتَهُ ونصرتَ اللَّهَ في هَمَلٍ

مَنَعْتَهُ ونصرتَ اللَّهَ في هَمَلٍ

من عُصبةِ الشِّركِ لا يَرْضَوْنَهُ حَكَما

من عُصبةِ الشِّركِ لا يَرْضَوْنَهُ حَكَما

You withheld it and championed God amid a rabble

You prevented him and helped God during (the Battle of) Hamra

From the band of idolaters, who will not accept Him as judge.

Against the confederacy of polytheists who reject him as judge

وَصُنْتَهُ عَلَماً للحقِّ تَحفظُهُ

وَصُنْتَهُ عَلَماً للحقِّ تَحفظُهُ

لا يحفظُ العِرضَ مَن لا يحفظُ العَلَمَا

لا يحفظُ العِرضَ مَن لا يحفظُ العَلَمَا

And protected it as a banner for truth, keeping watch over it.

And you protected it as a sign of truth that you preserve

He who does not guard the banner does not guard his honor.

One who does not preserve knowledge cannot preserve honor

ما يَصنَعُ النَّاسُ إن ضاعتْ مَحارِمُهم

ما يَصنَعُ النَّاسُ إن ضاعتْ مَحارِمُهم

وما على الأرضِ أن لا تحمل الرِمَما

وما على الأرضِ أن لا تحمل الرِمَما

What can people do if what they hold sacred is lost?

What can people do if their sanctities are lost?

And what harm is it to the earth if it bears no decaying remains?

And what if the earth does not carry its burdens?

ألم تُهِبْ يوم بَدرٍ بالأُلَى نفروا

ألم تُهِبْ يوم بَدرٍ بالأُلَى نفروا

للحربِ يَصْلَونَ من نيرانِها ضَرَما

للحربِ يَصْلَونَ من نيرانِها ضَرَما

Did you not call out on the day of Badr to those who went forth

Did you not, on the day of Badr, attack with the horses, rushing

To war, braving the blazing heat of its fires:

Into the fires of battle, burning with determination?

يا قومُ إنّ جُموعَ الكُفرِ حاشدةٌ

يا قومُ إنّ جُموعَ الكُفرِ حاشدةٌ

فأين يذهبُ دِينُ اللَّهِ إن هُزِما

فأين يذهبُ دِينُ اللَّهِ إن هُزِما

"O people, the hosts of unbelief are massing;

O people! The multitudes of disbelief are gathering

So where will God's religion go if it is defeated?

So where will the religion of God go if defeated?

إن لم يَبِتْ ناجياً من سوءِ ما اعْتَزَمُوا

إن لم يَبِتْ ناجياً من سوءِ ما اعْتَزَمُوا

فلا نَجَا أحدٌ منّا ولا سَلِما

فلا نَجَا أحدٌ منّا ولا سَلِما

If it does not pass the night safe from the evil they have planned,

If no one spends the night imploring against the evil they plotted

Then may none of us survive or be safe!"

Then none of us will survive or be safe

يا باعِثَ القومِ شَتَّى من مَجَاثِمهم

يا باعِثَ القومِ شَتَّى من مَجَاثِمهم

ما بالُ عَزْمِكَ في آثارِهِم جَثَما

ما بالُ عَزْمِكَ في آثارِهِم جَثَما

O you who roused the scattered people from their resting places,

O you who roused the scattered people from their resting places

Why has your resolve crouched in their tracks?

Why do you falter in pursuing them?

من حَيَّةِ السُّوءِ أَلقَيتَ السِّلاحَ على

من حَيَّةِ السُّوءِ أَلقَيتَ السِّلاحَ على

كُرْهٍ وَرُحْتَ تُعانِي الهمَّ والسَّقَمَا

كُرْهٍ وَرُحْتَ تُعانِي الهمَّ والسَّقَمَا

Because of the baleful snake, you laid down your weapons against

You threw down your weapon in dislike

Your will, and began suffering grief and sickness.

And went about suffering worry and illness

كُنتَ الحريصَ عليها وَقْعَةً جَلَلاً

كُنتَ الحريصَ عليها وَقْعَةً جَلَلاً

لم تُبقِ للكُفرِ مِن آطامِهِ أُطُمَا

لم تُبقِ للكُفرِ مِن آطامِهِ أُطُمَا

You had been eager for it—a momentous battle

You were eager for it, glorious occurrence

That left not one of unbelief's fortresses standing.

You left no remnant for disbelief of its masses

كذاكَ قالَ رسولُ اللَّهِ فابتهجتْ

كذاكَ قالَ رسولُ اللَّهِ فابتهجتْ

مِنكَ المَشاهِدُ لم تنقِلْ لها قَدَمَا

مِنكَ المَشاهِدُ لم تنقِلْ لها قَدَمَا

Thus spoke God's Messenger, and they rejoiced—

Thus said the Messenger of God, and from you

The battlefields, because of you, though you had not set foot there.

The witnesses were delighted - you did not waver

أَعطَاكَ سَهْمَكَ يَجزِي نِيَّةً صَدَقَتْ

أَعطَاكَ سَهْمَكَ يَجزِي نِيَّةً صَدَقَتْ

شَرِيعةُ اللَّهِ ما حابَى ولا ظَلَمَا

شَرِيعةُ اللَّهِ ما حابَى ولا ظَلَمَا

He gave you your share, rewarding an intention that was sincere.

He gave you your share, rewarding the intention that proved true

Such is God's law: he showed no favoritism and did no wrong.

The Law of God does not show bias or wrong anyone