اللَهُ أَكبَرُ جَلَّ الخَطبُ وَاِحتَكَمَت

فينا العَوادي وَطاشَت دونَها الحِيَلُ

Allah is the Greatest, how grand the speeches are and they came to an end

Our intents have failed us, and tricks have fallen short

حَربٌ تَبيتُ لَها الأَفلاكُ ذاهِلَةً

حَيرى يُسايِرُها الإِشفاقُ وَالوَجَلُ

A war in which the galaxies are negligent

Confusion accompanies it, and so does grief and anxiety

قَذّافَةٌ بِالمَنايا الحُمرِ صارِخَةً

مِلءَ الفجاجَ حِثاثاً ما بِها مَهلُ

A bombardment with red deaths screaming

Filling the crevices with rubble, showing no respite

تَرفَضُّ مِن حَولِها الآجالُ جافِلَةً

تَظَلُّ مِن صَعَقاتِ الهَولِ تَختَبِلُ

It rejects lifespans around it, indifferent

Remaining from the shocks of terror, wavering

يا لِلغُزاةِ قِياماً دونَ بَيضَتِهِم

إِذا هَوى بَطَلٌ مِنهُم سَما بَطَلُ

Oh for the invaders standing for their homeland

When one of their heroes falls, a hero rises

يا لِلشَهيدِ بِدارِ الحَربِ تَكنِفُهُ

فيها المَلائِكَةُ الأَبرارُ وَالرُسُلُ

Oh for the martyr in the land of war, surrounded

By the righteous angels and the messengers

يا لِلجَريحِ صَريعاً لا مِهادَ لَهُ

إِلّا النَجيعُ وَإِلّا النارُ تَشتَعِلُ

Oh for the wounded, fallen with no deathbed

Except burning embers and igniting fire

يا لِلأَرامِلِ وَالأَيتامِ باكِيَةً

تَشكو الطَوى وَتَقومُ اللَيلَ تَبتَهِلُ

Oh for the widows and orphans crying

Complaining of hardship and standing at night praying

يا لِلحِمى فَزِعَ الأَرجاءِ مُضطرِباً

يَخافُ عادِيَةَ القَومِ الأُلى جَهِلوا

Oh for the protection, frightened in all directions

Fearing the enemy tribes who are ignorant

بَني البُحَيرَةِ هَذا يَومُكُم فَخُذوا

أَعلى المَواقِفِ كَيما يَصدُقُ الأَمَلُ

My people of the lake, this is your day so take

The highest stands so hopes can prove true

تَدَفَّقوا بِالنَوالِ الجَمِّ وَاِستَبِقوا

في المَكرُماتِ فَأَنتُم غَيثُها الهَطِلُ

Surge with abundant resolve and excel

In noble deeds, for you are its pouring rain

إِنّا لَفي غَمرَةٍ عَمياءَ لَيسَ لَها

فيما تَقَدَّمَها شِبهٌ وَلا مِثلُ

We are in deep dark blindness, with no equal before it

We jest and play while ruin stares at us, hastening behind us

نَلهو وَنَلعَبُ وَالأَرزاءُ مُحدِقَةٌ

بِنا وَحادي الرَدى في إِثرِنا عَجِلُ

Far from my people to hope for their help

Then they would be stingy or blameworthy for what they gave

حاشا لِقَومِيَ أَن تُرجى مَعونَتُهُم

فَيَبخِلوا أَو يُعابوا بِالَّذي بذَلوا

I see abundant money in their treasuries

And I never knew them to be miserly when asked

إِنّي أَرى المالَ جَمّاً في خَزائِنِهِم

وَما عَهِدتُ بِهِم بُخلاً إِذا سُئِلوا

Would the destitute poor give away his cloak

While one thriving in wealth withholds his plentiful living?

أَيَمنَحُ البائِسُ المِسكينُ بُردَتَهُ

وَيَمنَعُ المالَ مُثرٍ عَيشُهُ خَضِلُ

My people, your wealth can be replaced

But your property can never be replaced

يا قَومُ إِنَّ لَكُم مِن مالِكُم بَدَلاً

وَما لَكُم أَبَداً مِن مُلكِكُم بَدَلُ

Hail the two rulers, may God hail their procession

Wherever it settles and wherever it travels on

حَيّوا الأَميرَينِ حَيّا اللَهُ رَكبَهُما

أَنّى اِستَقَرَّ وَأَنّى سارَ يَنتَقِلُ

They stood in Egypt like two brilliant lights, so

The paths of guidance never go astray, though the paths twist

قاما بِمِصرَ مَقامَ النَيِّرَينِ فَما

تَضِلُّ سُبلَ الهُدى إِن رَابتِ السُبُلُ

Pillars of the Caliphate, if its supports were shaken

By the blowing of events and the occurring of grave affairs

رُكنا الخِلافَةِ إِن هَزَّت دَعائِمَها

هوجُ الخُطوبِ وَخيفَ الحادِثُ الجَلَلُ

With the like of what they did, nations survive when

Destiny bears down and its courses overflow

بِمِثلَ ما صَنَعا تَنجو الشُعوبُ إِذا

حُمَّ القَضاءُ وَتَحمي حَوضَها الدُوَلُ

Excellent is the stand where the workers in it

Become known, and excellent is the day in it where the man is recognized

نِعمَ المَقامُ يَبينُ العامِلونَ بِهِ

وَحَبَّذا اليَومُ فيهِ يُعرَفُ الرَجُلُ