نفَّثت بنو الشام الدما وتتابعوا

نفَّثت بنو الشام الدما وتتابعوا

للموت من طاغِ ومن مسكين

للموت من طاغِ ومن مسكين

The sons of al-Sham spat out blood and followed one another

The people of Sham shed blood and followed one another

to death—tyrant and pauper alike.

To death, whether mighty or poor,

حلَّ القضاء بهم ووالى قهرهم

حلَّ القضاء بهم ووالى قهرهم

فالكلُّ مذبوح بلا سكين

فالكلُّ مذبوح بلا سكين

Fate befell them and kept crushing them,

Fate descended upon them, and he who ruled them was cruel,

so all are slaughtered without a knife.

So they were all slaughtered without a knife.