ألا أَبْلِغَا فِهْراً على نَأْيِ دَارِهَا

وعِنْدَهُمُ من عِلْمِنَا اليومَ مَصْدقُ

Convey to the tribe of Fihra in their distant abode,

That today we have knowledge to confirm theirs:

بأنّا غَدَاةَ السَّفْحِ من بَطْنِ يَثْرِبٍ

صَبَرْنَا وَرَايَاتُ المنيّةِ تخفقُ

That at dawn on the slopes of the valley of Yathrib

We were steadfast though death's banners did wave;

صَبَرْنَا لَهُمْ والصّبْرُ منا سَجِيَّةٌ

إذا طَارَت الأَبْرَامُ نَسْمُو ونَرتُقُ

Steadfast we were towards them, and steadfastness was our wont

Whenever war-steeds careered, aloft would we soar.

على عَادَةٍ تلكُمْ جَرَيْنَا بِصَبْرِنَا

وَقِدْماً لدى الغَايَاتِ نَجري فَنَسْبِقُ

By this custom of ours we kept steadfast,

And towards high goals would we run, outpacing all.

لنا حَوْمَةٌ لا تُسْتَطَاعُ يَقُودُهَا

نَبيٌّ أَتَى بالحَقِّ عَفٌّ مُصَدَّقُ

We have a leader whom none can withstand,

A Prophet who came with the truth, noble and verified.

ألا هَلْ أَتَى أَفْنَاءَ فهرِ بن مَالكٍ

مقطّعُ أطرافٍ وَهَامٌ مفلّقُ

Say, did the abodes of Fihra ibn Malik

Witness fragments of corpses and skulls split asunder?