مَشى ابنُ الزُبَير القَهقَرى فَتَقَدَّمَت

مَشى ابنُ الزُبَير القَهقَرى فَتَقَدَّمَت

أُمَيَّةُ حَتّى أَحرَزوا القَصَباتِ

أُمَيَّةُ حَتّى أَحرَزوا القَصَباتِ

Ibn al-Zubayr walked backward, and Umayya advanced

Ibn al-Zubayr retreated while

until they seized the finish-line reeds.

Umayya advanced until they seized Al-Qasabat

وَجِئتَ المُجَلذى يابنَ مَروانَ سابِقاً

وَجِئتَ المُجَلذى يابنَ مَروانَ سابِقاً

أَمامَ قُرَيشٍ تَنفضُ العُذراتِ

أَمامَ قُرَيشٍ تَنفضُ العُذراتِ

And you came charging hard, O son of Marwan, racing

And you came hastily, O son of Marwan

ahead of Quraysh, scattering droppings.

Ahead of Quraysh, shaking off excuses

فَلا زِلتَ سَبّاقاً إِلى كُلِّ غايَةٍ

فَلا زِلتَ سَبّاقاً إِلى كُلِّ غايَةٍ

مِنَ المَجدِ نَجّاءً مِن الغَمَراتِ

مِنَ المَجدِ نَجّاءً مِن الغَمَراتِ

May you ever be first toward every summit

So you have always been ahead in reaching every goal

of glory, swift to escape from deadly straits.

Of glory, delivered from adversities