لَكُم بارِدُ الدُّنيا وَنَصلى بِحَرِّها

لَكُم بارِدُ الدُّنيا وَنَصلى بِحَرِّها

إِذا عَضَّتِ الهامَ السُيوفُ القَواضِبُ

إِذا عَضَّتِ الهامَ السُيوفُ القَواضِبُ

Yours is the coolness of this world, while we burn in its heat,

You have the cold world and we pray with its heat

when keen-cutting swords bite into skulls.

When the swords pierce the minds, the ships

أَلَم تَعلَموا أَنّا عَدُوُّ عَدُوِّكُم

أَلَم تَعلَموا أَنّا عَدُوُّ عَدُوِّكُم

وَيَشقى بِنا في حَربِكُم مَن نُحارِبُ

وَيَشقى بِنا في حَربِكُم مَن نُحارِبُ

Have you not learned that we are the enemy of your enemy?

Don't you know that we are the enemy of your enemy?

And whoever we fight suffers at our hands in your war.

And through us those you fight will suffer

وَما أَنا بِالراضي بِما غَيرُهُ الرِّضا

وَما أَنا بِالراضي بِما غَيرُهُ الرِّضا

فَلا تَكذِبَنكَ اِبنَ الزُبَيرِ الكَواذِبُ

فَلا تَكذِبَنكَ اِبنَ الزُبَيرِ الكَواذِبُ

Nor am I content with what does not satisfy me;

I'm not pleased with what displeases others

so let no falsehoods deceive you, son of al-Zubayr.

So do not lie to me, liar son of Zubayr

فَحَسبُكَ قَد جَرَّبتَني وَبَلَوتني

فَحَسبُكَ قَد جَرَّبتَني وَبَلَوتني

وَقَد يَنفَعُ المَرءَ الكَريمَ التَجارُبُ

وَقَد يَنفَعُ المَرءَ الكَريمَ التَجارُبُ

So let that suffice you: you have already tested me and tried me.

You have tested me enough and tried me

And experience may benefit a noble man.

And trials can benefit the generous man