دَعاني داعِيا مُضَرٍ جَميعاً

وَأَنفُسُهُم تَدانَت لِاِختِناقِ

The caller called me altogether,

And their souls succumbed to suffocation,

فَكانَت دَعوَةً جَمَعَت نِزاراً

وَلَمَّت شَعثَها بَعدَ الفِراقِ

So it was a call that gathered resolve,

And ignited its dishevelment after separation.

أَجَبنا داعِيَي مُضَرٍ وَسِرنا

إِلى الأَملاكِ بِالقُبِّ العِتاقِ

We answered the caller of Mudar and marched

To the kingdoms with determination and freedom.

عَلَيها كُلُّ أَبيَضَ مِن نِزارٍ

يُساقي المَوتَ كَرهاً مَن يُساقي

Upon it every Mudari white-skinned warrior

Who forces death reluctantly upon who he forces it upon.

أَمامَهُمُ عُقابُ المَوتِ يَهوي

هُوِيَّ الدَلوِ أَسلَمَها العَراقي

Before them the talons of death swoop down,

Swooping like a bucket a victim of Iraq.

فَأَردَينا المُلوكَ بِكُلِّ عَضبٍ

وَطارَ هَزيمُهُم حَذَرَ اللَحاقِ

So we repelled the kings with all wrath

And their defeat fled avoiding contact.

كَأَنَّهُمُ النَعامُ غَداةَ خافوا

بِذي السُلّانِ قارِقَةَ التَلاقي

As if they were ostriches the morning they feared

The one with the Sultan, the separator of unions.

فَكَم مَلِكٍ أَذَقناهُ المَنايا

وَآخَرَ قَد جَلَبنا في الوِثاقِ

So how many kings did we make taste death,

And others we brought in shackles.