أثار غبارها غليوم عمداً

أثار غبارها غليوم عمداً

وأسعر نارها ختلاً وغدرا

وأسعر نارها ختلاً وغدرا

Guillaume deliberately stirred up its dust,

He deliberately stirred up its dust

and kindled its fire through deceit and treachery.

And ignited its fire out of deceit and betrayal

تأهب في الخفاءِ فكان يرخي

تأهب في الخفاءِ فكان يرخي

على استعدادهِ للحرب سترا

على استعدادهِ للحرب سترا

He prepared in secret, and would draw

He prepared in secret, so he would let down

a veil over his preparations for war.

His guard for war as a cover

ويُبدي حبهُ للسلم جهراً

ويُبدي حبهُ للسلم جهراً

ويحضأ مارج الهيجاء سرا

ويحضأ مارج الهيجاء سرا

And he openly displayed his love of peace,

And he openly professed his love for peace

and secretly stoked the leaping flame of battle.

And secretly whetted the blades of turmoil

وزين خوضها لمحالفيهِ

وزين خوضها لمحالفيهِ

وأغراهم بها خبثاً ومكرا

وأغراهم بها خبثاً ومكرا

And he made waging it alluring to his allies,

And made entering into it appealing to his allies

and lured them into it with malice and cunning.

And enticed them into it out of malice and cunning

وأغواهم كما ابليس قدماً

وأغواهم كما ابليس قدماً

بصورة حيةس حواءَ غرا

بصورة حيةس حواءَ غرا

And he led them astray, as Iblis long ago

And seduced them just as Satan once

deceived Eve in a serpent's guise.

Seduced Eve in a living form

وصيرّ مقتل ابن حليفهِ في

وصيرّ مقتل ابن حليفهِ في

سراجيفو لها سبباً وعذرا

سراجيفو لها سبباً وعذرا

And he made the killing of his ally's son in

And made the murder of his ally's son in

Sarajevo a cause and an excuse for it.

Sarajevo a reason and excuse for it

وقال لدولة النمسا أغيري

وقال لدولة النمسا أغيري

على السرب التي وترتك وترا

على السرب التي وترتك وترا

And he said to the state of Austria: “Attack

And he said to the state of Austria rouse

the Serbs, who have done you a grievous wrong.”

Against the flock which strung and played your strings

فلبتهُ وهبّت من فينَّا

فلبتهُ وهبّت من فينَّا

تذيق بني بلغراد الامرا

تذيق بني بلغراد الامرا

So she answered him, and rose from Vienna,

So it obeyed him and unleashed from Vienna

to make the sons of Belgrade taste the bitterest suffering.

That which made the sons of Belgrade taste bitterness

وهذا كان مبتدأ الرزايا

وهذا كان مبتدأ الرزايا

ومنهُ شرها استشرى واكرى

ومنهُ شرها استشرى واكرى

And this was the beginning of the calamities,

And this was the beginning of sorrows

and from it their evil spread unchecked and grew worse.

From it, evil spread and grew rife