أَمِن حَجَرٍ فُؤادُكَ أَم حَديدُ

أَمِن حَجَرٍ فُؤادُكَ أَم حَديدُ

فَفيهِ عَلى الوَغى بَأسٌ شَديدُ

فَفيهِ عَلى الوَغى بَأسٌ شَديدُ

Is your heart of stone or iron?

Is your heart made of stone or iron?

For it holds fierce valor in battle.

For in it, against injustice, there is great might,

وَأَطوادٌ حُلومُكَ أَم جِباكٌ

وَأَطوادٌ حُلومُكَ أَم جِباكٌ

تَميدُ الراسِياتُ وَلا تَميدُ

تَميدُ الراسِياتُ وَلا تَميدُ

And is your forbearance towering peaks or rocky heights?

Yet your patience - is it docile camels?

The firmly rooted mountains sway, but your forbearance does not.

The resolute tremble, but you do not tremble.

لِأَنَّكَ كُلَّما حاولَتَ أَمراً

لِأَنَّكَ كُلَّما حاولَتَ أَمراً

يُصَوِّبُ فَعلَكَ الرَأيُ السَديدُ

يُصَوِّبُ فَعلَكَ الرَأيُ السَديدُ

For whenever you undertake a task,

For whenever you attempt something,

Sound judgment guides your action aright.

Your wise opinion makes your deed right.

طَلَعتَ عَلى العُداةِ وَأَنتَ شَمسٌ

طَلَعتَ عَلى العُداةِ وَأَنتَ شَمسٌ

فَذابَ بِحَرِّ مَوقِعِها الجَليدُ

فَذابَ بِحَرِّ مَوقِعِها الجَليدُ

You rose over your foes, yourself a sun,

You rose against the enemies like a sun,

So the ice melted in the heat of its impact.

So the ice melted in the heat of its position.

أَغَرتَ عَلى حِماهِم غَيرَ عادٍ

أَغَرتَ عَلى حِماهِم غَيرَ عادٍ

وَلاقوا مِنكَ ما لاقَت ثَمودُ

وَلاقوا مِنكَ ما لاقَت ثَمودُ

You raided their protected lands without transgressing,

You attacked their sanctuary, unlike others,

And they suffered at your hands what Thamud suffered,

And they met from you what Thamud met.

بِجَيشٍ تَرجُفُ الراياتُ فيهِ

بِجَيشٍ تَرجُفُ الراياتُ فيهِ

وَتَخفِقُ دونَ مَقدَمِهِ البُنودُ

وَتَخفِقُ دونَ مَقدَمِهِ البُنودُ

With an army in which the banners tremble,

With an army in which flags tremble

And standards flutter before its advance.

And standards flutter before its vanguard.

وَتَهتَزُّ الذَوابِلُ فيهِ عُجباً

وَتَهتَزُّ الذَوابِلُ فيهِ عُجباً

كَما اِهتَزَّت مِنَ المَرَحِ القُدودُ

كَما اِهتَزَّت مِنَ المَرَحِ القُدودُ

And within it the slender spears sway in pride,

In which the banners shake in wonder,

As bodies sway in merriment.

As they shook from flags held by hands.

عَجِلتَ إِلى قِراعِهِمُ بِعَزمٍ

عَجِلتَ إِلى قِراعِهِمُ بِعَزمٍ

بِهِ يَدنو لَكَ الأَمَلُ البَعيدُ

بِهِ يَدنو لَكَ الأَمَلُ البَعيدُ

You hastened to fight them with a resolve

You hurried to fight them with resolve,

Through which far-off hope draws near to you.

By which distant hope comes near to you.

وَكَم وانٍ يَعُدُّ العَجزَ حِلماً

وَكَم وانٍ يَعُدُّ العَجزَ حِلماً

فَيَندَمُ وَالنَدامَةُ لا تُفيدُ

فَيَندَمُ وَالنَدامَةُ لا تُفيدُ

And many a laggard takes weakness for forbearance,

How often does one who counts cowardice as wisdom,

Then regrets it, though regret avails nothing.

Regret it, though regret does not benefit.

وَمَن يَرَ ما يُريدُ وَكَفِّ جُبناً

وَمَن يَرَ ما يُريدُ وَكَفِّ جُبناً

رَأى مِن بَعدِهِ ما لا يُريدُ

رَأى مِن بَعدِهِ ما لا يُريدُ

And whoever sees what he wants and holds back out of cowardice

And whoever sees what he wants and curbs cowardice,

Will afterward see what he does not want.

Will see after it what he does not want.