ونحنُ أناسٌ لا نذِلُّ لجانِفٍ

علَينا ولانرضى حكومَةَ حائفِ

We are a people who bow to no oppressor,

No tyranny over us do we allow or accept.

ملكنا المعالي بالعَوالي فجارُنا

عَزيزٌ ومنْ نكفُلْ بهِ غيرُ خائفِ

We inherited glory in high places, so our pride

Is great, and none but the fearless do we protect.

ورثنا عن الآباء عندَ اختِرامِها

صفائحَ تُغني عن رُسومِ الصَّحائفِ

From fathers of old we inherited when honored

Pages that sing without need of ornate scripts.

تُؤمِّرُنا أسيافُنا ورماحُنا

إذا لم يُؤَمِّرْنا لواءَ الخَلائفِ

Our swords and our spears give us leadership

If not the banners of flimsy caliphs.

بنَيْنا بأطرافِ الأسِنَّة كَعبةً

أطافَ بها قَسراً ملوكُ الطَّوائفِ

With tongues for tools we built a Kaaba

Around which reluctant kings made their circles.

فْمن شاءَ فلْيَخْشُنْ ومنْ شاءَ فلْيلِنْ

فما نَقدُنا إنْ قارَضونا بزائفِ

Let those who wish tremble, let those who wish bend,

For we lose nothing if they come at us falsely.

وسوفَ نُجازي باللّطائفِ أهلَها

ونَسقي ذُعافَ الّسمِّ أهلَ الكَتائفِ

And soon we will reward the people of Mecca

And serve the horses of ill-repute their toxic drafts.