إِذا سَأَلَتكَ نَفسُكَ أَن تَرانا

بِمُلكِ الجَوفِ النِجادا

If your soul asks you to see us

As kings with noble hearts

تَرانا بِالقَرارَةِ غَيرَ شَكٍّ

نُقَوِّدُها مُسَوَّمَةً جِيادا

You will see us steadfast, without doubt

Guiding them like noble steeds

عَلَينا كُلُّ فَضفاضٍ دِلاصٍ

وَأَسيافٌ وَرَثناهُنَّ عادا

Upon us are all the disheveled and scattered

And swords inherited from our forefathers

سَنَحمي الجَوفَ ما دامَت مَعينٌ

بِأَسفَلِهِ مُقابِلَةً عُرّادا

We will protect the heart as long as we have support

With its depths facing warriors

وَنُلحِقُ مَن يُزاحِمُنا عَلَيهِ

بِأَعراضِ اليَمامَةِ أَو جُرّادا

And we attach whoever contends with us over it

To the heights of al-Yamamah or locusts

نَبيتُ مَعَ الثَعالِبِ حَيثُ باتَت

وَنَجعَلُ صَمغَ عُرفُطِهِنَّ زادا

We spend the night with foxes wherever they sleep

And make their gum our provision