أَلَيسَ وَرائي ان بِلادٌ تَجَهَمَّت

أَلَيسَ وَرائي ان بِلادٌ تَجَهَمَّت

سُوَيدُ بنُ مَنجوفٍ وَبِكرُ بنُ وائلِ

سُوَيدُ بنُ مَنجوفٍ وَبِكرُ بنُ وائلِ

Have I not, at my back when lands turn grim,

Do I not have behind me, should lands scowl,

Is there not beyond me a country darkened,

Suwayd son of Manjuf and Bakr son of Wa’il—

Suwayd son of Manjuf and Bakr son of Wa'il?

Suwayd son of Munjuf and Bikr son of Wail?

حُصونٌ بَراها اللَهُ لَم يُرَ مِثلُها

حُصونٌ بَراها اللَهُ لَم يُرَ مِثلُها

طِوالٌ أَعاليها شِدادُ الأَسافِلِ

طِوالٌ أَعاليها شِدادُ الأَسافِلِ

fortresses God fashioned, whose like has never been seen,

Fortresses fashioned by God, whose like has never been seen,

Fortresses which Allah has made, none have seen their like,

lofty in their heights and mighty at their foundations?

Their heights lofty, their foundations strong.

Loftiest heights, lowest bottoms crowded together,

هُمُ أَصبَحوا كَنزي الَّذي لَستُ تارِكاً

هُمُ أَصبَحوا كَنزي الَّذي لَستُ تارِكاً

وَنَبلي الَّتي أَعدَدتُها لِلمُناضِلِ

وَنَبلي الَّتي أَعدَدتُها لِلمُناضِلِ

They have become my treasure, which I shall not forsake,

They have become my treasure, which I will not abandon,

They have become my treasure which I shall not forsake,

and my arrows, readied against whoever challenges me.

And my arrows, which I have readied for the rival archer.

And my arrows which I have prepared for battle.