شِم سَيفَك إِن أَرَدتَ خَفقَ العَلَمِ

شِم سَيفَك إِن أَرَدتَ خَفقَ العَلَمِ

لا تَبغِ مِن اليَراع خَوضَ الظُلَمِ

لا تَبغِ مِن اليَراع خَوضَ الظُلَمِ

Draw your sword if you wish the banner to flutter.

Draw your sword if you wish for the flag to flutter

Do not ask the reed pen to plunge into darkness.

Do not seek from the shepherd to plunge into darkness

كَم وُرِّدَ لِلظُبى خُدودٌ ضَحِكَت

كَم وُرِّدَ لِلظُبى خُدودٌ ضَحِكَت

تَستَهزئُ مِن سَوادِ وَجهِ القَلَمِ

تَستَهزئُ مِن سَوادِ وَجهِ القَلَمِ

How many cheeks were reddened for the sword-edges and laughed,

How often to the deer were returned cheeks that laughed

Mocking the blackness of the pen's face.

Mocking the blackness of the face of the pen