لما رأيتَ الرومَ تَبذُل جَهدَهَا

لما رأيتَ الرومَ تَبذُل جَهدَهَا

والدينُ مِنهَا جَاهِدٌ مجهودُ

والدينُ مِنهَا جَاهِدٌ مجهودُ

When you saw the Romans exerting their strength,

When you saw Rome exerting her utmost might,

while the faith was struggling, sorely strained by them,

And religion being fiercely assailed by her,

أمضَيتَ في ذاتِ الإلهِ ودينِهِ

أمضَيتَ في ذاتِ الإلهِ ودينِهِ

عَزماً له التصويبُ والتصعِيد

عَزماً له التصويبُ والتصعِيد

you put into effect, for the sake of God and His faith,

You resolved firmly for God and His faith,

a resolve that ranged downward and upward.

To set it upright and raise it aloft;

وغزوت لُورقَةَ معقلَ الكفر الذي

وغزوت لُورقَةَ معقلَ الكفر الذي

قد عانَدَ الأفكارَ مِنهُ عَنِيدُ

قد عانَدَ الأفكارَ مِنهُ عَنِيدُ

And you raided Lorca, the stronghold of unbelief, where

And you raided Lorca, the fortress of unbelief,

an obstinate foe from within had defied every plan—

Whose obdurate thoughts had always defied;

من فاتكٍ في كلِّ حِينٍ لَم يَزَل

من فاتكٍ في كلِّ حِينٍ لَم يَزَل

يُوهي قُوَى الإسلام مِنهُ جَلِيدُ

يُوهي قُوَى الإسلام مِنهُ جَلِيدُ

a ruthless killer who at every moment kept on

With warriors who never failed to sap

weakening Islam's forces, a stalwart from within it.

The might of Islam, and mar it when waxing;

فتركتَهُ قاعاً يَباباً مثلمَا

فتركتَهُ قاعاً يَباباً مثلمَا

تركت مساكِنَها العِظامَ ثَمُودُ

تركت مساكِنَها العِظامَ ثَمُودُ

So you left it a desolate plain, just as

So you left it a waste, a hollow, like dwellings

Thamud left their great dwellings.

Abandoned by Thamud when lightning smote them.

والآن أعمَلتَ الرِّكابَ لِعَزمَةٍ

والآن أعمَلتَ الرِّكابَ لِعَزمَةٍ

مِن شانِها الإدراكُ والتسدِيدُ

مِن شانِها الإدراكُ والتسدِيدُ

And now you have set the mounts in motion for a resolute undertaking

And now you are spurring your steed to battle

whose nature is attainment and sure aim.

With a host whose goal is fixed and resources sure;

جَهَّزتَ نحوَ الرومِ جُنداً غالباً

جَهَّزتَ نحوَ الرومِ جُنداً غالباً

وله مِنَ النَّصرِ العزيزِ جُنودُ

وله مِنَ النَّصرِ العزيزِ جُنودُ

You have readied a victorious army against the Romans,

You have marshalled an army bound for Rome,

and it has hosts of mighty victory.

With squadrons of victors and troops in multitudes.