1. في عَجزِنا لعداتِنا إعجازُ

    ولهم علينا في الوَغى إجهازُ

    In our helplessness lies a miracle for our foes;

    And in battle they finish us off.

  2. يتسابقون إلى الرقابِ كأنها

    قصبٌ وللمتقدِّمِ الإحراز

    They race toward necks, as though they were

    Reeds, and the foremost claims the prize.

  3. حزَّت قلوبَ البائسينَ سيوفُهم

    فالصدرُ فيهِ الحزُّ والحزَّاز

    Their swords have slashed the hearts of the wretched;

    So the breast bears both the cut and the gnawing anguish.

  4. كم يمطلونَ ولا يفونَ بعهدِهم

    وَعدُ الفرنجةِ ما لهُ إنجاز

    How often they delay and fail to keep their pledge!

    The Franks' promise is never fulfilled.

  5. يا ربِّ منهم نجِّنا واغفر لنا

    إن كان منكَ النصرُ والإعزاز

    O my Lord, save us from them and forgive us,

    If victory and exaltation come from You.

  6. واكتب لنا موتاً شريفاً في الوَغى

    لا عيشَ ذلِّ عافه البزَّاز

    And decree for us a noble death in battle,

    Not a life of humiliation that the cloth merchant has spurned.

  7. أوَ هُم عبادُكَ وحدَهُم لِتُعزَّهم

    وتُذِلَّنا أم طِينُهم ممتاز

    And are they alone Your servants, that You exalt them

    And abase us—or is their clay superior?