وَنَحنُ مَنَعنا يَومَ أولٍ نِساءَنا

وَيَومَ أُفَيٍّ وَالأَسِنَّةُ تَرعُفُ

We protected our women on the first day,

On the day of Auf and when tongues were lisping,

وَيَومَ رَكايا ذي الجَداةِ وَوَقعَةٍ

بِبَنيانَ كانَت بَعضَ ما قَد تَسَلَّفوا

And on the day of battles with spears at Baniyan,

Some of what they had paid in advance,

يُحِبُّ الغَواني البيضُ ظِلَّ لِواءَنا

إِذا ما أَتانا الصارِخُ المُتَلَهِّفُ

The young girls love the shadow of our flags,

When the screaming herald comes panting to us,

نَسيرُ أَمامَ الناسِ وَالناسُ خَلفَنا

فَإِن نَحنُ أَومَأنا إِلى الناسِ وَقَّفوا

We walk ahead of the people and the people behind us,

If we gesture to the people they stop,

فَأَيُّ مَعَدٍّ كانَ فَيءَ رِماحِهِم

كَما قَد أَفَأنا وَالمُفاخِرُ يُنصِفُ

So which aggressor's spears did we drive away

As we have driven them away and the boasters do us justice,

وَكُنّا إِذا ما مَعشَرٌ نَصَبوا لَنا

وَمَرَّت جَواري طَيرِهِم وَتَعَيَّفوا

Whenever a group set up camp against us

And their slave girls passed by and were abashed,

وَضَعنا لَهُم صاعَ القِصاصِ رَهينَةً

وَنَحنُ نُوَفّيها إِذا الناسُ طَفَّفوا

We set for them a measure of retribution as a hostage,

And we fulfill it when people are cheating,

إِذا اِستَبَقَ الأَقوامُ مَجداً وَجَدتَنا

لَنا مِغرَفا مَجدٍ وَلِلناسِ مِغرَفُ

If the tribes compete for glory you will find us,

With a cup of glory for us and a cup for the people,

بَرَزنا وَأَصحَرنا لِكُلِّ قَبيلَةٍ

بِأَسيافِنا إِذ يُؤكَلُ المُتَضَعَّفُ

We came forth and reddened our swords for every tribe,

With our swords when the weak are being devoured,

وَنَحنُ حَمينا يَومَ مَكَّةَ بِالقَنا

قُصَيّاً وَأَطرافُ القَنا تَتَقَصَّفُ

It was us who protected Mecca with spears one day,

Qusayy and the tips of spears all crumbling,

فَحُطنا بِها أَكنافَ مَكَّةَ بَعدَما

أَرادَت بِها ما قَد أَبى اللَهُ خِندِفُ

We circled its environs after Mecca

Intended what Allah had refused should surround it.