مَنْ سَرَّه ضَرْبٌ يُمَعْمِعُ بعضُهُ
بعضاً كمعمعةِ الأَبَاءِ المُحْرَقِ
He whose soul delights in striking
Blow by blow, like the rubbing of fire sticks,
فلْيأتِ مَأْسدَةً تُسَنُّ سُيُوفُها
بينَ المذادِ وبين جِزعِ الخَنْدقِ
Let him come to a lioness whetting her swords
Between al-Mudhad and the cleft of the trench.
دَرِبُوا بِضَرْبِ المُعْلمِينَ فأسْلَمُوا
مُهَجاتِ أنفُسِهِمْ لِرَبِّ المَشرقِ
They were blinded by the striking of the Believers and so submitted
Themselves sincerely to the Lord of the East.
في عُصْبَةٍ نَصَرَ المُعْلمِينَ فأسْلَموا
مُهَجاتِ أنفُسِهِمْ لِرَبِّ المَشرقِ
In a party that gave victory to the Believers and so surrendered
Themselves sincerely to the Lord of the East.
في كُلِّ سَابِغةٍ تَخُطُّ فُضُولُهَا
كالنِّهيِ هَبَّتْ رِيحُهُ المُتَرَقْرقِ
In every long robe whose extra length it trails
Like an announcement, its wind blew gently.
بَيْضَاءِ مُحْكَمَةٍ كأنَّ قتيرَهَا
حَذَقُ الجَنَادِبِ ذَاتُ شَكٍّ مُوْثقِ
White, solid, as if its coarse wool
Was made by the skill of ostriches, of reliable knots.
جَدْلاءُ يَحْفِزُهَا نِجادٌ مُهَنَّدٍ
صَافِي الحَدِيدَةِ صَارِمٍ ذي رَوْنَقِ
A debate aroused by an insistent organizer
With a clear, keen, and elegant blade.
تلكُمْ مَعَ التّقْوى تكونُ لِبَاسَنَا
يومَ الهِيَاجِ وكلَّ سَاعَةِ مصدقِ
Such, with piety, is our attire
On the day of alarm and each moment of truth.
نَصِلُ السُّيوفَ إذا قَصُرْنَا بِخَطْوِنَا
قُدُماً ونُلحِقُها إذا لَمْ تَلْحَقِ
We sharpen the swords if we fall short in our steps,
And join them if they do not reach.
مَا حَلَّ بالأَعْدَاءِ مِثْلُ لِقائِنَا
يومَ النّجاحِ ويمُنَا بالخنْدَقِ
The enemies have not met the like of our meeting
On the day of success as we stood at the trench.
فَتَرَى الجَمَاجِمَ ضَاحِياً هَامَاتُهَا
بَلْهَ الأكفَّ كأَنَّها لضمْ تُخْلَقِ
You see the skulls shining, their foreheads
Smeared with palms as if created for wringing necks.
نَلْقَى العَدُوَّ بفَخْمَةٍ مَلْمُومَةٍ
تَنْفِي الجموعَ كَقَصْدِ رَأْسِ المَشْرِقِ
We meet the enemy with a terrible glory
That drives away the hordes like aiming at the horizon.
ونُعِدُّ للأَعْدَاءِ كُلَّ مُقَلَّصٍ
وَرْدٍ وَمَحْجُولِ القَوَائِمِ أبْلقِ
And we prepare for the enemies every weakened
Stallion, hobbled, fettered.
تُرْدِى بِفُرْسَانٍ كَأَنَّ كُمَاتَهُمْ
عِنْدَ الْهِيَاجِ أُسُودُ طَلٍّ لْثِقِ
You cast down horsemen who, when enraged,
Are like black camels, massive.
صُدَقٌ يُعَاطُونَ الْكُمَاةَ حُتُوفَهُمْ
تَحْتَ الْعِمَايَةِ بِالْوَشِيجِ الْمُزْهِقِ
Trustworthy, they hold the reins of their camels
Beneath the turban cloth, twisted and tearing.
أَمَرَ الإلهُ بِرَبْطِهَا لِعَدْوَهِ
في الحَرْبِ إنّ اللهَ خيرُ موفِّقِ
God has ordered tying them against His
Enemy in war―truly, God is the best granter of success―
لِتَكُونَ غَيْظاً للعَدُوِّ وحُيَّاطاً
لِلدّارِ إنْ دَلَفَتْ خُيُولُ النُّزقِ
To be a fury to the foe and a protection
For the abode, if the horses of calamity stampede.
وَيُعِينُنَا اللهُ العَزِيرُ بقوَّةٍ
مِنْهُ وصِدْقِ الصّبْرِ سَاعَةَ نَلْتَقِي
And God, the Almighty, will aid us with a strength
From Him and the sincerity of patience when we meet.
وَنُطِيعُ أمرَ نبيّنَا ونُجيبُهُ
وإذا دَعَا لِكَرِيَةٍ لم نُسْبَقِ
And we obey the command of our Prophet and respond to him
And when he calls to an expedition we do not hesitate.
وَمتى يُنَادِ إلى الشّدائدِ نَأْتِها
وَمَتَى نَرَ الحَوْمَتِ فيها نُعْنِقِ
And whenever he summons us to adversities, we come to them,
And whenever he sees fervor in them, we become enflamed.
مَنْ يَتَّبِعْ قَوْلَ النّبيِّ إِنَّهُ
فِينَا مُطَاعُ الأمْرِ حَقُّ مُصَدَّقِ
Whoever follows the word of the Prophet, truly He
Is obeyed among us in command, truly proven trustworthy.
فَبِذَاكَ ينصُرُنَا ويُظهِرُ عِزَّنَا
ويُصيبنَا من نَيْلِ ذَاكَ بِمرْفَقِ
Through that He grants us victory and manifests our might
And causes us to attain the fruits of that successfully.
إنَّ الذينَ يُكَذِّبون مُحمَّداً
كَفَرُوا وضلُّوا عن سَبِيلِ المتّقي
Indeed, those who deny Muhammad
Have strayed and lost the path of the righteous.
