قُلْ للمجاهد قولاً عن أخي ثقةٍ

قُلْ للمجاهد قولاً عن أخي ثقةٍ

ما في مودته شَوْبٌ ولا طبعُ

ما في مودته شَوْبٌ ولا طبعُ

Say to al-Mujahid a word from a trustworthy brother,

Tell the fighter with confidence from his brother,

Whose affection holds neither taint nor tarnish:

There is no doubt in his friendship nor ill nature,

أصبحتَ اشرفَ هذا الناس كُلِّهم

أصبحتَ اشرفَ هذا الناس كُلِّهم

نفساً ولي حُجَّةٌ غرَّاء تُستَمعُ

نفساً ولي حُجَّةٌ غرَّاء تُستَمعُ

You have become the noblest of all these people

You have become the most noble of all people,

In spirit—and I have a shining argument to be heard:

A soul that I have clear evidence for that is heard,

فيك الوفاء وصدق القول يشفعهُ

فيك الوفاء وصدق القول يشفعهُ

وحيث كنت فلا ظُلْمٌ ولا جَزعُ

وحيث كنت فلا ظُلْمٌ ولا جَزعُ

In you is loyalty, reinforced by truthfulness of speech,

In you is loyalty and truthfulness in speech interceding for you,

And wherever you are, there is neither injustice nor dismay.

Wherever you are, there is no injustice nor alarm,

كأنما جاركَ الممنوعُ جانبهُ

كأنما جاركَ الممنوعُ جانبهُ

في نيقِ أورق يُعيي ناظراً صدعُ

في نيقِ أورق يُعيي ناظراً صدعُ

It is as though your neighbor, whose flank is protected,

As if your neighbor whom you are deprived of,

Were an ibex on a gray mountain's summit that wearies the beholder.

In an abundant, leafy meadow that tires the onlooker's eye,

ولو نزلْتَ سِباخاً أصبحت أُنُفاً

ولو نزلْتَ سِباخاً أصبحت أُنُفاً

من الرياض بها رِيٌّ ومُرتبَعُ

من الرياض بها رِيٌّ ومُرتبَعُ

And even if you settled on salt flats, they would become fresh, ungrazed

And if you descend to a lowland, you become a lofty peak,

Meadows, with ample water and spring pasture.

With gardens in which there is irrigation and settlement,

وما ثناك عن الحقِّ الخفيِّ هَوىً

وما ثناك عن الحقِّ الخفيِّ هَوىً

ولا أطَّباكَ إلى مذمومةٍ طمعُ

ولا أطَّباكَ إلى مذمومةٍ طمعُ

And no desire has turned you from the hidden truth,

No passion has turned you from the hidden truth,

Nor has greed lured you toward a blameworthy deed.

Nor has greed coaxed you to the blameworthy,

فعشت مُشتملاً بالعزِّ مُدَّرِعاً

فعشت مُشتملاً بالعزِّ مُدَّرِعاً

يُطاعُ أمرك إذْ يُزجى ويُتَّبع

يُطاعُ أمرك إذْ يُزجى ويُتَّبع

Thus you have lived, cloaked and armored in glory;

So you have lived shielded with honor, armored,

Your command is obeyed when issued, and followed.

Your order is obeyed when charged and followed.