لَقَد تَعلَمُ الحَربُ أَنّي اِبنُها

لَقَد تَعلَمُ الحَربُ أَنّي اِبنُها

وَأَنّي الهُمامُ بِها المُعلِمُ

وَأَنّي الهُمامُ بِها المُعلِمُ

War knows full well that I am her son,

War has learned that I am its son

And that I am her valiant champion, bearing my battle-mark;

And that I am the one who teaches it valor

وَأَنّي أَحُلُّ عَلى رَهوَةٍ

وَأَنّي أَحُلُّ عَلى رَهوَةٍ

مِنَ المَجدِ في الشَرَفِ الأَعظَمِ

مِنَ المَجدِ في الشَرَفِ الأَعظَمِ

And that I dwell upon a height

And that I attain glorious heights

Of glory, in the loftiest honor;

Of supreme glory and honor

وَأَنّي أُشَمِّصُ بِالدارِعي

وَأَنّي أُشَمِّصُ بِالدارِعي

نَ في ثَورَةِ الرَهَجِ الأَقتَمِ

نَ في ثَورَةِ الرَهَجِ الأَقتَمِ

And that I put the mailed warriors to flight

And that I don my coat of mail

Amid the swirling surge of dark battle-dust;

When fury and rage intensify

وَأَنّي أَكُرُّ إِذا أَحجَموا

وَأَنّي أَكُرُّ إِذا أَحجَموا

بِأَكرَمَ مِن عَطفَةِ الضَيغَمِ

بِأَكرَمَ مِن عَطفَةِ الضَيغَمِ

And that I charge when they hang back,

And that I attack when they hesitate

With a charge nobler than a lion’s spring;

With a blow more gracious than the bending of a laden branch

وَأَضرِبُ بِالسَيفِ يَومَ الوَغى

وَأَضرِبُ بِالسَيفِ يَومَ الوَغى

أَقُدُّ بِهِ حَلَقَ المُبرَمِ

أَقُدُّ بِهِ حَلَقَ المُبرَمِ

And I strike with the sword on the day of battle,

And I strike with the sword on the day of battle

Cleaving with it the rings of tightly wrought mail.

Leading the necks of foes to the slaughter

فَهَذا عَتادي لَوَ أَنَّ الفَتى

فَهَذا عَتادي لَوَ أَنَّ الفَتى

يُعَمَّرُ في غَيرِ ما مَهرَمِ

يُعَمَّرُ في غَيرِ ما مَهرَمِ

Such is my armament—if only a young man

Such is my equipment if only the valiant man

Could live long without decrepitude.

Could live beyond destruction and ruin

وَقَد عَلِمَ الحَيُّ مِن عامِرٍ

وَقَد عَلِمَ الحَيُّ مِن عامِرٍ

بِأَنَّ لَنا ذِروَةَ الأَجسَمِ

بِأَنَّ لَنا ذِروَةَ الأَجسَمِ

And the clan of ʿĀmir has learned

And the living one from 'Amir has learned

That ours is the summit of the greatest eminence;

That we possess the highest and mightiest of statures

وَأَنّا المَصاليتُ يَومَ الوَغى

وَأَنّا المَصاليتُ يَومَ الوَغى

إِذا ما العَواويرُ لَم تُقدِمِ

إِذا ما العَواويرُ لَم تُقدِمِ

And that we are the resolute warriors on the day of battle,

And that we are the first chargers on the day of battle

When the cowards do not advance.

When the horsemen do not advance