يَختَلِفُ الناسُ ما لَم نَجتَمِع لَهُمُ

يَختَلِفُ الناسُ ما لَم نَجتَمِع لَهُمُ

وَلا اِختِلافٌ إِذا ما أَجمَعَت مُضَرُ

وَلا اِختِلافٌ إِذا ما أَجمَعَت مُضَرُ

People disagree so long as we do not unite for them;

People differ until we unite for them,

And there is no disagreement when Mudar unites.

And no difference when Mudar agrees.

مِنّا الكَواهِلُ وَالأَعناقُ تَقدُمُها

مِنّا الكَواهِلُ وَالأَعناقُ تَقدُمُها

وَالرَأسُ مِنّا وَفيهِ السَمعُ وَالبَصَرُ

وَالرَأسُ مِنّا وَفيهِ السَمعُ وَالبَصَرُ

Ours are the shoulders, and the necks that lead them;

From us come the shoulders and necks advancing,

And ours is the head, with hearing and sight within it.

And the head from us, in it hearing and sight.

وَلا نُحالِفُ إِلّا اللَهَ مِن أَحَدٍ

وَلا نُحالِفُ إِلّا اللَهَ مِن أَحَدٍ

غَيرَ السُيوفِ إِذا ما اِغرَورَقَ النَظَرُ

غَيرَ السُيوفِ إِذا ما اِغرَورَقَ النَظَرُ

Nor do we make alliance with anyone but God,

We pledge allegiance to none but Allah,

save swords, when eyes brim with tears.

Other than the swords when vision is dazzled.

وَمَن يَمِل يُمِلِ المَأثورِ ذِروَتَهُ

وَمَن يَمِل يُمِلِ المَأثورِ ذِروَتَهُ

حَيثُ اِلتَقى مِن حَفافي رَأسُهُ الشَعَرُ

حَيثُ اِلتَقى مِن حَفافي رَأسُهُ الشَعَرُ

And whoever yields, the patterned sword will bend his crown,

And whoever inclines, inclines the lofty crown

where the hair from both sides of his head meets.

Where the hairline meets the top of his head.

أَمّا العَدُوُّ فَإِنّا لا نَميلُ لَهُم

أَمّا العَدُوُّ فَإِنّا لا نَميلُ لَهُم

حَتّى يَلينَ لِضِرسِ الماضِغِ الحَجَرُ

حَتّى يَلينَ لِضِرسِ الماضِغِ الحَجَرُ

As for the enemy, we do not yield to them,

As for the enemy, we do not incline to them

until stone softens beneath the chewer's molar.

Until stone yields to the grinding molar.