أَشدُد حيازَيمكَ لِلمَو

تِ فَإِنَّ المَوتَ لاقيكا

Grasp your weapons against death

Gird your loins for death,

For death will find you

For death will surely meet you.

وَلا تَجزع مِنَ المَوتِ

إِذا حَلَّ بِواديكا

Do not despair of death

And do not panic over death,

When it comes to your valley

When it settles in your valley.

فَإِنَّ الدِرعَ وَالبيَض

ةَ يَومَ الرَوعِ يَكفيكا

For armor and whiteness (purity)

For the armor and the helmet,

On the day of turmoil will suffice you

On the day of terror, will suffice you.

كَما أَضحكَ الدَهرُ

كَذاكَ الدَهرُ يُبكيكا

Just as time made you laugh

Just as Time has made you laugh,

So too will time make you weep

So too shall Time make you weep.

فَقَد أَعرِفُ أَقواماً

وَإِن كانوا صَعاليكا

For I know people

For I have known such men,

Even if they are mighty

Even if they were outcasts,

مَساريعٌ إِلى النَجدَ

ةِ لِلغَيِّ مَتاريكا

Quick to help in times

Swift to answer the call of aid,

Of peril and adversity

And abandoners of all error.