1. أَنا لِلحِرابِ اِلَيها

    وَبِنَفسي أَتَّقيها

    I go forth to face the spears,

    and with my own self I ward them off.

  2. نِعمَةٌ مِن خالِقٍ

    مَن بِها قَد خَصَّنيها

    A blessing from the Creator,

    who bestowed it, singling me out for it.

  3. لَن تَرى في حَومَةِ الهَي

    جاءِ لِي فيها شَبيها

    You will never see in the thick of

    battle anyone there like me.

  4. وَلِيَ السُبقَةُ في الإِس

    لامِ طِفلاً وَوَجيها

    And mine is precedence in

    Islam, as a child and as one of standing.

  5. وَلِيَ القُربَةَ إِن قا

    مَ شَريفٌ يَنتَميها

    And mine is close kinship, should

    a nobleman rise to claim it.

  6. زَقَّني بِالعِلمِ زَقّاً

    فيهِ قَد صِرتُ فَقيها

    He fed me knowledge as a bird feeds its young;

    in it I have become learned.

  7. وَلِيَ الفَخرُ عَلى النا

    سِ بِفاطِم وَبَنيها

    And mine is distinction above

    the people through Fatim and her sons.

  8. ثُمَ فَخري بِرَسولِ ال

    لَهِ إِذ زَوَّجنيها

    Then my pride is in the Messenger of

    God, when he gave her to me in marriage.

  9. لِيَ وَقعاتٌ بِبَدرٍ

    يَومَ حارَ الناسِ فيها

    I have battles to my name at Badr,

    on the day the people were bewildered amid them,

  10. وَبِأُحدٍ وَحُنَينٍ

    ثُمَّ صَولاتٌ تَليها

    and at Uhud and Hunayn,

    then charges that followed them.

  11. وَأَنا الحامِلُ لِلرا

    يَةِ حقاً أَحتَويها

    And I am the bearer of the

    banner; truly, I hold it.

  12. وَإِذا أَضرَمَ حَرباً

    أَحمَدٌ قَدَّمَنيها

    And whenever he kindled a war,

    Ahmad sent me forward into it.

  13. وَإِذا نادى رَسولُ ال

    لهِ نَحوي قُلتُ إيها

    And whenever the Messenger of

    God called to me, I said, "Go on!"