ولما بنو اليونان ساءت فعالهم

ولما بنو اليونان ساءت فعالهم

ولم يحفلوا منا بعتب ولا نصح

ولم يحفلوا منا بعتب ولا نصح

And when the deeds of the sons of Greece turned vile,

When the Greeks' deeds turned evil,

and they heeded neither our reproach nor our counsel,

And they stopped heeding our rebuke and advice,

وقد كان منا الصفح لكنهم بغوا

وقد كان منا الصفح لكنهم بغوا

وجلت خطاياهم عن العفو والصفح

وجلت خطاياهم عن العفو والصفح

and though we had shown forgiveness, they transgressed,

Though we were forgiving, they sought war,

and their sins grew too grave for pardon or forgiveness,

And their sins exceeded pardon and forgiveness.

رجعنا لحكم المشرفية بيننا

رجعنا لحكم المشرفية بيننا

ولا حكم مثل المهند والرمح

ولا حكم مثل المهند والرمح

we turned to the judgment of Mashrafi swords between us;

We returned to the rule of the sword between us,

and no judgment matches that of the Indian-steel sword and the spear.

For no rule rivals the spear and blade.

رضينا بما ترضى بمؤتمر الوغى

رضينا بما ترضى بمؤتمر الوغى

فقالت بأن الحرب خير من الصلح

فقالت بأن الحرب خير من الصلح

We accepted what they approved at the council of battle,

We accepted what the council of war decreed,

and they declared that war was better than peace.

That battle is better than peace.

فما برحت تتلو الدخان عليهم

فما برحت تتلو الدخان عليهم

مدافع من نار بألسنة فصح

مدافع من نار بألسنة فصح

So they never ceased reciting 'The Smoke' over them—

Our cannons kept raining smoke upon them,

cannons of fire, with eloquent tongues.

With tongues of fire in eloquent speech.

واسيافنا تتلو الدخان ومثلها

واسيافنا تتلو الدخان ومثلها

مدافعنا حتى تلت سورة الفتح

مدافعنا حتى تلت سورة الفتح

And our swords recited 'The Smoke,' and likewise

And our swords recited after the smoke,

our cannons, until they recited the chapter 'The Victory.'

As did our cannons, until Surat Al-Fath was completed.