ما نَخشى بِحَمدِ اللَهِ قَوماً

وَإِن كَثُروا وَأُجمِعَتِ الزُحوفُ

We fear not, thanks to God, a host

Though massed, with ranks in battle boast

إِذا ما أَلَّبوا جَمعاً عَلَينا

كَفانا حَدَّهُم رَبٌّ رَؤوفُ

Should they assail in throngs our posts

God will suffice to scatter hosts

سَمَونا يَومَ بَدرٍ بِالعَوالي

سِراعاً ما تُضَعضِعُنا الحُتوفُ

We met their charge at Badr’s plain

When helms were cleft and ranks were slain

فَلَم تَرَ عُصبَةً في الناسِ أَنكى

لِمَن عادوا إِذا لَقِحَت كَشوفُ

No people e’er shall meet again

More dire a foe than met their bane

وَلَكِنّا تَوَكَّلنا وَقُلنا

مَآثِرُنا وَمَعقِلُنا السِيوفُ

But we relied on God, and said

Our fortune lies in trenchant blade

لَقيناهُم بِها لَمّا سَمَونا

وَنَحنُ عِصابَةٌ وَهُمُ أُلوفُ

We met their legions undismayed

A band, they myriads in array