1. على الجمر سِرْ فهو السّبيلُ الذي مضى

    عليه الأُلىَ ساروا إلى ذلك الحِمى

    Walk on the embers, for this is the path once trodden

    by those who journeyed to that sanctuary.

  2. أَحَبُّوا الذي أحببتَ من نُورِ ربِّهم

    فخاضوا إليه النّار واقتحموا الدَّما

    They loved what you loved of their Lord's light,

    so they waded through fire toward it and plunged into blood.

  3. على الجمرِ سِرْ تَسْتَبْقِ نفسَكَ واتَّخِذْ

    عليه إلى عُليا المراتبِ سُلَّما

    Walk on the embers to preserve yourself, and set up

    upon them a ladder to the highest ranks.

  4. دَعِ السُّبْلَ تفترُّ الأزاهيرُ حولها

    فتهفو بألبابِ الأُلى آثروا العَمى

    Leave the paths where flowers smile all around,

    sweeping away the minds of those who preferred blindness.

  5. على الجمر سِرْ وابْلُغْ بفتحِكَ غايةً

    من المجد تُعيي الكادحَ المُتَجشِّما

    Walk on the embers, and through your victory reach a pinnacle

    of glory that exhausts the toiler who braves hardship.

  6. يظلُّ بريدُ الدهرِ يحملُ صَوْتَهُ

    فَيُوقِظُ أقواماً عن الحقِّ نُوَّما

    Time's courier keeps carrying its voice,

    and so awakens peoples asleep to the truth,

  7. ويَبْعَثُهمْ شُمَّ الأنوفِ أَعِزَّةً

    يُقيمون من بُنيانهِ ما تهدّما

    and rouses them, mighty, their noses held high;

    they rebuild what has crumbled of its edifice.

  8. تَقَدَّمْ مُحِبَّ الدينِ فالفضلُ كُلُّه

    لِمَنْ خاف عُقْبَى قومِهِ فَتَقَدَّما

    Advance, lover of the faith, for all merit belongs

    to whoever feared for his people's fate and stepped forward.

  9. هُمُ القومُ ما صانوا ذِماراً ولا رَعَوْا

    جِواراً ولا خافوا على الدَّهرِ مَحْرَما

    They are the people who guarded no honor, nor respected

    a neighbor's rights, nor ever feared violating anything sacred.

  10. بِربِّكَ خُذهم بالزّواجرِ وارْمِهِمْ

    بما سدّد الدّاعي إلى اللهِ إذ رمى

    By your Lord, take them to task with stern rebukes, and assail them

    with what the caller to God aimed when he hurled it.

  11. وَقُلْ للذي يشكو لهيبَ حياتهِ

    ويبكي من الإسلامِ عهداً تصرّما

    And tell the one who complains of his life's blaze

    and weeps for an age of Islam that has passed away:

  12. إلى الدّمعِ فافْزَعْ إن تَكُنْ غيرَ صابرٍ

    وماذا يَرُدُّ الدَّمعُ إن سَالَ أو هَمى

    Then take refuge in tears if you lack patience;

    and what can tears bring back, if they flow or pour down?

  13. أَثَرْتَ هُمومَ النّفسِ بالصيحةِ التي

    رَمَيْتَ بها فاصْبِرْ قليلاً فَرُبّما

    You stirred the soul's anxieties with the cry

    you hurled; so be patient a little, for perhaps...