مَسَاعِيْكَ في نَحْرِ العَدُوِّ سِهَامُ

مَسَاعِيْكَ في نَحْرِ العَدُوِّ سِهَامُ

ورَأْيُكَ في هَامِ الضَّلالِ حُسامُ

ورَأْيُكَ في هَامِ الضَّلالِ حُسامُ

Your endeavors are arrows in the enemy's throat.

Your efforts against the enemy are arrows

And your judgment is a keen sword in the heads of error.

And your view amid the wilderness of misguidance is a sword

ولَمْحُكَ يُرْدِي القِرْنَ وَهْوَ مُدَجَّجٌ

ولَمْحُكَ يُرْدِي القِرْنَ وَهْوَ مُدَجَّجٌ

وذِكْرُكَ يَُْنِي الجَيْشَ وَهْوَ لُهامُ

وذِكْرُكَ يَُْنِي الجَيْشَ وَهْوَ لُهامُ

And your glance strikes down the adversary, though he is fully armed.

Your glance fells the mighty horned beast

And the mention of you [probably annihilates] the army, vast though it is.

And your mention inspires the army though frenzied

كأنَّكَ لا تَرْضَى البسيطةَ مَنْزِلاً

كأنَّكَ لا تَرْضَى البسيطةَ مَنْزِلاً

إذا لم يُطَنِّبْهُ عليكَ قَتَامُ

إذا لم يُطَنِّبْهُ عليكَ قَتَامُ

As though you would not accept the earth as a dwelling,

It's as if you won't accept Basra as a dwelling

If battle dust did not pitch it as a tent over you.

Unless the darkness there is dispelled because of you

كأنَّكَ خِلْتَ الشَّمْسَ خَوْداً فلم يَزَلْ

كأنَّكَ خِلْتَ الشَّمْسَ خَوْداً فلم يَزَلْ

يُقَنِّعُها بالنَّقْعِ منكَ لِثامُ

يُقَنِّعُها بالنَّقْعِ منكَ لِثامُ

As though you took the sun for a fair maiden, so unceasingly

It's as if you left the sun sulking so it hasn't stopped

A veil from you shrouds her in battle dust.

Being content with the veil from you as its garb

وقد يَحْسِبُوْنَ السِّلْمَ منك سَلامَةً

وقد يَحْسِبُوْنَ السِّلْمَ منك سَلامَةً

ورُبَّ مَنامٍ دَبَّ فيه حِمامُ

ورُبَّ مَنامٍ دَبَّ فيه حِمامُ

And they may think peace from you means safety,

And they may think making peace with you is safety

Yet into many a slumber death has crept.

But many a dream has stirred in which there is a dove