وَنحنُ أُناسٌ لا حِجازَ بِأَرضِنا

وَنحنُ أُناسٌ لا حِجازَ بِأَرضِنا

نَلوذُ بِهِ إِلاّ السُيوفُ القَواطِعٌ

نَلوذُ بِهِ إِلاّ السُيوفُ القَواطِعٌ

And we are a people with no barrier in our land

We are a people with no refuge in our land

To shelter behind, save keen-edged swords.

Except for merciless sharp swords

وَلَم يُبقِ مِنّا القَتلُ إِلاّ عِصابَةً

وَلَم يُبقِ مِنّا القَتلُ إِلاّ عِصابَةً

تُطاعِنُ عَن أَحسابِنا وَتُقارِعُ

تُطاعِنُ عَن أَحسابِنا وَتُقارِعُ

And slaughter has left of us only a band

And slaughter has left of us only a band

That fights with spears for our ancestral honor and trades blows.

That fights for our sake and engages in contests

وَأَبيَضَ لا يُشرى بِشَيءٍ أَفاتَهُ

وَأَبيَضَ لا يُشرى بِشَيءٍ أَفاتَهُ

أَسِنَّتُنا وَالنَقعُ أَغبَرُ ساطِعُ

أَسِنَّتُنا وَالنَقعُ أَغبَرُ ساطِعُ

And a fair warrior, beyond all price, was felled by

A whiteness that cannot be bought with anything it missed

Our spearheads, while grey dust rose high.

Our tongues and flashing swords pierce andlacerate

تَرَكنا عَلَيهِ قِصدَتي سَمهَرِيَةٍ

تَرَكنا عَلَيهِ قِصدَتي سَمهَرِيَةٍ

وَجَربانَ سَيفٍ سَلَّهُ إِذ تُماصِعُ

وَجَربانَ سَيفٍ سَلَّهُ إِذ تُماصِعُ

We left upon him two broken pieces of a Samhari spear,

We left on it the thrust of two well-honed swords

And the sheath of a sword he drew as blows were traded.

And the slashing of a sword that clashed as it hacked