مِنّا بِمَكَّةَ يَومَ فَتحِ مَحَمَّدٍ

أَلفٌ تَسيلُ بِهِ البِطاحُ مُسَوَّمُ

From among us in Mecca, on the day of Muhammad’s conquest,

were a thousand, marked for battle—the valley floors overflowed with them.

نَصَروا الرَسولَ وَشاهَدوا أَيّامَهُ

وَشِعارُهُم يَومَ اللِقاءِ مُقَدَّمُ

They aided the Messenger and witnessed his battle-days,

and their watchword on the day of encounter was “Forward!”

في مَنزِلٍ ثَبَتَت بِهِ أَقدامُهُم

ضَنكٍ كَأَنَّ الهامَ فيهِ الحَنتَمُ

At a station where their feet stood firm,

cramped, as though the heads within it were earthen jars.

جَرَّت سَنابِكَها بِنَجدٍ قَبلَها

حَتّى اِستَقادَ لَها الحِجازُ الأَدهَمُ

Their horses’ hooves had pounded across Najd before then,

until the dark Hijaz submitted to them.

اللَهُ مَكَّنَهُ لَهُ وَأَذَلَّهُ

حُكمُ السُيوفِ لَنا وَجَدٌّ مِزحَمُ

God gave him mastery over it and humbled it;

the swords’ judgment is ours, with a resolve that thrusts through the press.

عَودُ الرياسَةِ شامِخٌ عِرنينُهُ

مُتَطَلِّعٌ ثُغَرَ المَكارِمِ خِضرِمُ

Seasoned in command, with the bridge of his nose held high,

aspiring toward the frontier of noble deeds, munificent.