أمَّا الجهادُ فَأنتَ سَابِقُ شأوِهِ

ومُقِيمُ سُنَّتِهش ومُمضِي حدِّه

As for jihad, you were ahead in pursuing it

Upholding its ways and fulfilling its limits

لما رأيتَ الكفرَ أرهفَ حدَّهُ

وعتا عُتُواً جازَ غايةَ حدِّه

When you saw disbelief bare its harshness

And transgress, exceeding all bounds

والرومُ قد شَبَّت ضِرَامَ حُرُوبِها

فالأرضُ نارٌ تَلتَظِي مشن وَقدِهِ

The Romans have whetted the blades of their wars

So the land is afire, kindled by their flames

والبحرُ قَد غُصَّت بها أرجاؤُهُ

مِمَّا يُكاثرهُ الحَصَى في عدِّه

The sea is clogged with their multitudes

Beyond count of the pebbles on its bed

وبمجمع البحرينِ منها عَسكَرٌ

قد سُدَّ عن سبل الجهاد بجهده

At the junction of two seas their army lies

Blocking the paths of jihad by its might