لسوّارٍ عَلى الأَعداءِ سَيفٌ

لسوّارٍ عَلى الأَعداءِ سَيفٌ

أَبادَ ذَوي العَدوَةِ فَاِضمَحَلّوا

أَبادَ ذَوي العَدوَةِ فَاِضمَحَلّوا

Sawwār has a sword against his enemies,

A sword for Al Suwar upon the enemies,

It annihilated those who bore enmity, and they vanished.

Destroyed the hostile people so they withered away.

لَقَد زَلَّت رِقابُهُم بِصُغرٍ

لَقَد زَلَّت رِقابُهُم بِصُغرٍ

فَصادَمهم شَديدُ البَأسِ صِلُّ

فَصادَمهم شَديدُ البَأسِ صِلُّ

Their necks indeed fell in humiliation;

Their necks certainly bent with insignificance,

Then a venomous serpent, fierce in battle, struck them.

So the mighty warrior collided with them.

سَقاهُم كَأسَ حَتفٍ بَعدَ كَأسٍ

سَقاهُم كَأسَ حَتفٍ بَعدَ كَأسٍ

بِها نَهَلَ العَبيدُ مَعاً وَعَلُّوا

بِها نَهَلَ العَبيدُ مَعاً وَعَلُّوا

He made them drink cup after cup of death;

He gave them a cup of death after a cup,

From it the slaves took their first draught together, then drank again.

With it the slaves and the nobles drank together.

وَقَد رُفِعَت لسوّارٍ قَناةٌ

وَقَد رُفِعَت لسوّارٍ قَناةٌ

بِها خَضَعَت رِقابُهُم وَذَلّوا

بِها خَضَعَت رِقابُهُم وَذَلّوا

And a spear was indeed raised for Sawwār;

And a canal was built for Al Suwar,

By it their necks bowed, and they were humbled.

With it their necks submitted and they were humiliated.

قَناةُ المَجدِ مَركَزُها عَزيزٌ

قَناةُ المَجدِ مَركَزُها عَزيزٌ

حَماها مَانِعٌ لا يُستَذَلُّ

حَماها مَانِعٌ لا يُستَذَلُّ

The spear of glory has an unassailable footing;

The canal of glory has a dear center,

A defender who cannot be humbled has guarded it.

Protected by an undefeatable guardian.

قتلت بواحدٍ سوَّار ألفاً

قتلت بواحدٍ سوَّار ألفاً

وألفهمُ بواحِدنا يَقِلُّ

وألفهمُ بواحِدنا يَقِلُّ

You killed a thousand for one, Sawwār,

Al Suwar killed a thousand with one,

And a thousand of them are too few for one of ours.

While their thousand against our one are few.

فَأَكثَرُ قَتلِنا لهُم حَلالٌ

فَأَكثَرُ قَتلِنا لهُم حَلالٌ

بِما اِرتَكَبوهُ ظُلماً وَاِستَحَلّوا

بِما اِرتَكَبوهُ ظُلماً وَاِستَحَلّوا

So most of our killing of them is lawful,

So our abundant killing of them is lawful,

Because of what they committed unjustly and deemed lawful.

Due to their injustice and unlawfulness.

أَضافَ إِلَيهمُ رَجُلٌ تَقِيٌّ

أَضافَ إِلَيهمُ رَجُلٌ تَقِيٌّ

فَجاؤوا فيهِ أَمراً ما يَحِلُّ

فَجاؤوا فيهِ أَمراً ما يَحِلُّ

A pious man came to them as a guest;

A pious man joined them,

Then they committed an unlawful deed against him.

So they came in a matter that is not lawful.

فَأَوردنا رِقابَهُم سُيوفاً

فَأَوردنا رِقابَهُم سُيوفاً

تَشُبُّ النّارُ مِنها إِذ تُسَلُّ

تَشُبُّ النّارُ مِنها إِذ تُسَلُّ

So we brought their necks to swords;

So we inflicted their necks with swords,

Fire blazes from them when they are drawn.

Fire sparks from them when they are unsheathed.

فَقَد سُفِكَت دِماؤُهُم وَطُلَّت

فَقَد سُفِكَت دِماؤُهُم وَطُلَّت

وَلَيسَ لَنا دَمٌ يَوماً يُطَلُّ

وَلَيسَ لَنا دَمٌ يَوماً يُطَلُّ

So their blood was indeed shed and left unavenged,

Their blood was shed and sought,

And no blood of ours ever goes unavenged.

While our blood is never sought.

رَواقُ المَجدِ مَضروبٌ عَلَينا

رَواقُ المَجدِ مَضروبٌ عَلَينا

مَنيعُ الجانِبَينِ فَما يَزِلُّ

مَنيعُ الجانِبَينِ فَما يَزِلُّ

The canopy of glory is pitched over us,

The porch of glory is struck upon us,

Impregnable on both sides, so it does not totter.

Impregnable on both sides so it never declines.

سَمَونا فَوقَ عَرشِ المَجدِ قِدماً

سَمَونا فَوقَ عَرشِ المَجدِ قِدماً

وَعَرشُ المَجدِ فيهِ لَنا المَحَلُّ

وَعَرشُ المَجدِ فيهِ لَنا المَحَلُّ

We rose above the throne of glory long ago,

We reached above the throne of glory on foot,

And on the throne of glory lies our place.

And the throne of glory belongs fully to us.

وَرثنا المَجدَ عَن آباءِ صِدقٍ

وَرثنا المَجدَ عَن آباءِ صِدقٍ

وَإِرثكم بَني العُبدانِ ذُلُّ

وَإِرثكم بَني العُبدانِ ذُلُّ

We inherited glory from upright forefathers,

We inherited glory from fathers of honesty,

And your inheritance, sons of slaves, is humiliation.

While your inheritance, O sons of slaves, is humiliation.

وَأَخضَعنا رِقابَكُمُ فَذَلَّت

وَأَخضَعنا رِقابَكُمُ فَذَلَّت

فَلَيسَت ما حَييتُم تَستَقِلُّ

فَلَيسَت ما حَييتُم تَستَقِلُّ

And we bowed your necks, so they were humbled;

And we subjugated your necks so they were humiliated,

So as long as you live, they will not rise.

Never while you live will they become independent.