اللَهُ أَكبَرَ أَرضُ القُدسِ قَد صَفَرتَ

اللَهُ أَكبَرَ أَرضُ القُدسِ قَد صَفَرتَ

مِن آلِ الأَصفَرِ إِذ حينَ بِهِ حانوا

مِن آلِ الأَصفَرِ إِذ حينَ بِهِ حانوا

God is greatest! The land of Jerusalem has become empty

Allah is Greatest, the land of Jerusalem has turned yellow

of the house of the Yellow One, when through him they met their doom.

From the descendants of Al-Asfar, when they came to it

أَسباطُ يوسُفَ مِن مِصرَ أَتَو وَلَهُم

أَسباطُ يوسُفَ مِن مِصرَ أَتَو وَلَهُم

مِن غَيرِ تيهٍ بِها سَلوى وَأَمنانُ

مِن غَيرِ تيهٍ بِها سَلوى وَأَمنانُ

Yusuf's tribes came from Egypt, and theirs

The tribes of Joseph came from Egypt, and for them

are quails and manna there, without wilderness wandering.

There was no straying in it, but peacefulness and tranquility

لَهُم فَلَسطينُ أَن يَخرُجَ مُنفَرِجاً

لَهُم فَلَسطينُ أَن يَخرُجَ مُنفَرِجاً

عَنها وَإِلّا عَدَّت بيضٌ وَخَرصانُ

عَنها وَإِلّا عَدَّت بيضٌ وَخَرصانُ

Palestine is theirs; he must depart, drawing away

For them Palestine to be liberated

from it, or else white blades and spears will charge.

From it, otherwise there were eggs and bamboo sticks

حَتّى بَنَيتَ رِتاجَ القُدسِ مُنفَرِجاً

حَتّى بَنَيتَ رِتاجَ القُدسِ مُنفَرِجاً

وَيَصعَدُ الصَخرَ الغَرّاءَ عُثمانُ

وَيَصعَدُ الصَخرَ الغَرّاءَ عُثمانُ

Until you built Jerusalem's great gate, open wide,

Until you built the dome of Jerusalem liberated

and Uthman ascends the radiant Rock.

And Othman ascends the lofty rock

وَاِستَقبَلَ الناصِرُ المِحرابُ يَعبُدُ مَن

وَاِستَقبَلَ الناصِرُ المِحرابُ يَعبُدُ مَن

قَد تَمَّ مِن وَعدِهِ فَتحٌ وَإِمكانُ

قَد تَمَّ مِن وَعدِهِ فَتحٌ وَإِمكانُ

And al-Nasir faced the prayer niche, worshipping Him

And Al-Nasir faced the prayer niche, worshiping the One

whose promise has been fulfilled in conquest and power.

Who fulfilled His promise of victory and ability

وَجازَ بَعضُ بَنيهِ البَحرُ تَجفَلُ مِن

وَجازَ بَعضُ بَنيهِ البَحرُ تَجفَلُ مِن

غاراتِهِ الرومُ وَالصِقلابِ وَاللانُ

غاراتِهِ الرومُ وَالصِقلابِ وَاللانُ

And some of his sons crossed the sea; fleeing in fear from

And some of his sons crossed the sea, which boiled

his raids are the Romans, the Slavs, and the Alans.

From his raids, the Romans, Sicilians and brigands

حَتّى يُوَحِّدُ أَهلُ الشِركِ قاطِبَةَ

حَتّى يُوَحِّدُ أَهلُ الشِركِ قاطِبَةَ

وَيُرهِبُ القَولَ بِالثالوثِ رُهبانُ

وَيُرهِبُ القَولَ بِالثالوثِ رُهبانُ

Until all who ascribe partners to God profess His oneness,

Until he unites the idolaters altogether

and professing the Trinity terrifies monks.

And terrifies those who speak of the Trinity, monks

وَلِاِبنِ أَيّوبَ في الإِفرِنجِ مَلحَمَةٌ

وَلِاِبنِ أَيّوبَ في الإِفرِنجِ مَلحَمَةٌ

دَلَّت عَلَيها أَساطيرٌ وَحُسبانُ

دَلَّت عَلَيها أَساطيرٌ وَحُسبانُ

And Ibn Ayyub has a bloody battle among the Franks,

And for the son of Ayyub there is a battle with the Franks

to which legends and reckonings have pointed.

Which legends and accounts point to

وَمَن أَحَقُّ بِمُلكِ الأَرضِ مِن مَلِكٍ

وَمَن أَحَقُّ بِمُلكِ الأَرضِ مِن مَلِكٍ

كَأَنَّهُ مَلِكٌ في الخَلقِ حَنانُ

كَأَنَّهُ مَلِكٌ في الخَلقِ حَنانُ

And who is more entitled to rule the earth than a king

And who is more deserving of the kingdom of the world than a king

who seems a tender-hearted angel among humankind?

Who is like a most gentle king among people