إذا ما رمت للأوطان عزا

فجد بالنفس واستبق الفداء

If ever you seek glory for the homelands,

Give freely of your life and race toward sacrifice.

وان حمل الخصوم عليك يوما

فقم لنضالهم وخض الدماء

And should the adversaries launch an attack upon you one day,

Rise up to fight them and wade through the blood.

ألم تر (جعفرا) قطعت يداه

بحرب الروم فاحتضن اللواء

Have you not seen Ja'far, when his hands were severed

In the war against the Romans, how he embraced the banner?

وقدم نفسه للموت سمحا

فنال بها الشهادة والثناء

He offered himself to death with a generous heart,

And thereby attained martyrdom and high praise.