لَنا الرايَةُ الحَمراءُ يَخفِقُ ظِلُّها

إِذا قيلَ قَدِّمها حَضينٌ تَقَدَّما

Ours is the red banner, its shadow fluttering,

When told, "Advance it, Haḍīn!" he advances,

وِيَدنو بِها في الصَفِّ حَتّى يَزيرُها

حِمامُ المَنايا تَقَطرُ المُوتَ وَالدَما

Bearing it through the ranks until he brings it to the brink,

Where the doom of fates drips with death and blood.

تَراهُ إِذا ما كانَ يَومَ كَريهَةٍ

أَبى فيهِ إِلا عِزَّةً وَتَكَرُّما

You see him, when the day of hateful battle breaks,

Refusing all therein but honor and nobility,

وَأَحزِمُ صَبراً حينَ يُدعى إِلى الوَغى

إِذا كانَ أَصواتُ الكُماةِ تَغمغما

Most resolute in patience when summoned to the fray,

When the voices of the armored champions rise in clamor.

وَقَد صَبَرت عَكٌّ وَلَخمٌ وَحِميَرٌ

لِمذحَجٍ حَتّى أَورَثوها التَنَدُّما

For Akk, Lakhm, and Himyar stood their ground

Against Madhhij, until they made them inherit regret,

وَنادَت جُذامُ يالِ مُذحَج وَيلَكُم

جَزى اللَهُ شَرّاً أَيُّنا كانَ أَظلَما

And Judham cried out: "O Madhhij, woe unto you!

May God repay with evil whichever of us was the more unjust!

أَما تَتَّقونَ اللَهَ في حُرُماتِكُم

وَما قَرَّبَ الرَحمَنُ مِنها وَعَظَّما

Do you not fear God regarding your sacred ties,

And that which the Merciful has drawn near and honored?"

جَزى اللَهُ قَوماً قاتَلوا في لِقائِهِم

لِذي البَأسِ خَيراً ما أَعَفَّ وَأَكرَما

May God reward a people who fought in their encounter

Against the mighty ones with good—how virtuous and noble were they!

رِبيعَة أَعني إِنَّهُم أَهلُ نَجدَةٍ

وَبَأَسٌ إِذا لاقوا خَميساً عَرمَرما

I speak of Rabia, for they are truly a folk of valor,

And of prowess when meeting a vast, multitudinous host.

أَذَقنا اِبنَ حَربٍ طَعنَنا وَضِرِابَنا

بِأَسيافِنا حَتّى تَولّى وَأَحجَما

We made Ibn Harb taste our spear-thrusts and our strikes,

With our blades, until he turned his back and recoiled,

وَحَتّى يُنادي زَبرَقان بنُ أَظلَمٍ

وَنادى كِلاعاً وَالكَريبَ وَأَنعَما

And until Zabraqan bin Azlam called out,

Calling to Kala'a, al-Kurayb, and An'am,

وَعَمراً وَسُفياناً وَجَهماً وَمالِكاً

وَحَوشَبَ وَالغاوي شَريحاً وَأَظلَما

And 'Amr, Sufyan, Jahm, and Malik,

And Hawshab, and the misguided Shuraih, and Azlam,

وَكَرزَبن نَبهانَ وَعَمرو بن جَحدَرٍ

وَصبّاحاً القَينِيِّ يَدعو وَأَسلَما

And Kurz bin Nabhan, and 'Amr bin Jahdar,

And Sabah al-Qayni—summoning them and Aslam too.