أَعِمَادَنَا السَّامِي الْعُلَى وَأَبَانَا

وَمَلاَذَنَا مِنْ حَادِثٍ يَغْشَانَا

Our pillars, lofty and sublime, and our fathers,

Our refuge from any misfortune that befalls us,

وَالصَّارِمُ الأَمْضَى الَذِي نَحْمِي بِهِ

أَرْجَاءَنَا وَنَرُوغُ مَنْ عَادَانَا

And the unrelenting, supreme sword with which

We protect our lands and evade those who oppose us.

وَصَلَتْ نَصِيحَتُكَ الَتِي قَدْ أَوْضَحَتْ

لِمَنِ اهْتَدَى أَنْوارُهَا بُرْهَانَا

Your advice arrived, making clear

To those who are guided the proof of its light.

وَالْحَقُّ لَيْسَ لِمُنْصِفٍ مِنْ مَدْفَعٍ

فِيهِ فَإِنَّ الْحَقَّ أَعْظَمُ شَانَا

Truth is not to be turned back by any critic,

For truth is far greater than them in stature.

وَاللهُ يَعْلَمُ أَنَّنِي لَمْ أَعْتَمِدْ

فِيهَا لأَنْقُضَ مِنْ عُلىً بُنْيَانَا

And God knows I did not depend

On them to demolish any structure.

كَلاَّ وَلاَ أَعْدَدْتُهَا لِمُهِمَّةٍ

فَأُجِيلُ فِي مَيْدَانِهنَّ لِسَانَا

No - I did not prepare them out of anxiety

To restrain my tongue in their arena.

يَأَبَى لِيَ الأَعْدَاءُ أَنِّي مُقْتَدٍ

بِهُدَاكَ سِراً كَانَ أَوْ إِعْلاَنَا

My enemies refuse that I take

Your guidance, be it in secret or openly.

لاَكِنَّنِي كَلِفٌ بِكُلِّ غَرِيبَةٍ

تَحْوِي نُهىً وَبَلاَغَةً وَبَيَانَا

But I am charged with all strange matters

Containing prohibitions, eloquence and clarity.