لم يعرفوا السلطان بل لم يسمعوا

لم يعرفوا السلطان بل لم يسمعوا

ذكر اسمه في محتدٍ أو نادي

ذكر اسمه في محتدٍ أو نادي

They did not know the sovereign—indeed, they had never heard

They knew not the Sultan, nor even had they heard

his name mentioned in noble lineage or gathering.

His name mentioned in any assembly or club,

فالعزّ ثمّة أكسبته شبا القنا

فالعزّ ثمّة أكسبته شبا القنا

في يثربيات تُراشُ حِداد

في يثربيات تُراشُ حِداد

For glory there was won for him by the points of lances,

So the glory was earned by the Yathribite youth

amid sharp Yathribian shafts, feathered for flight.

Who would sharpen their swords for the holy Jihad