قِف في رُسومِ المُستَجاب

قِف في رُسومِ المُستَجاب

وحَيِّ أَكنافَ المُصَلّى

وحَيِّ أَكنافَ المُصَلّى

Stand among the traces of al-Mustajab,

Stand amidst the answered prayers,

and greet the environs of al-Musalla.

And rouse the sides of the mosque,

فَالجَوسَقُ المَيمونِ فَال

فَالجَوسَقُ المَيمونِ فَال

سُقيا بِها فَالنَهرُ أَعلى

سُقيا بِها فَالنَهرُ أَعلى

Then al-Jawsaq al-Maymun, then

The blessed palm tree is fruitful,

al-Suqya there, then the river higher up.

Watered from above by the river.

تِلكَ المَنازِلُ وَالمَلا

تِلكَ المَنازِلُ وَالمَلا

عِبُ لا أَراها اللَهُ مَحلا

عِبُ لا أَراها اللَهُ مَحلا

Those are the dwellings and playgrounds—

Those are the homesteads and abodes,

may God never let them know drought.

I see them now uninhabited,

أوطِنتُها زَمَنَ الصِبا

أوطِنتُها زَمَنَ الصِبا

وَجَعَلتُ مَنبِجَ لي مَحِلّا

وَجَعَلتُ مَنبِجَ لي مَحِلّا

I made them my home in my youth,

I dwelled there in days of youth,

and made Manbij my dwelling.

And made Mambij my home.

حَيثُ اِلتَفَتُّ رَأَيتُ ما

حَيثُ اِلتَفَتُّ رَأَيتُ ما

ءً سابِحاً وَسَكَنتُ ظِلّا

ءً سابِحاً وَسَكَنتُ ظِلّا

Wherever I turned, I saw

Wherever I turned I saw

water gliding by, and dwelt in shade.

Waters flowing and rested in shade,

تَرَ دارَ وادي عَينِ قا

تَرَ دارَ وادي عَينِ قا

صِرَ مَنزِلاً رَحباً مُطِلّا

صِرَ مَنزِلاً رَحباً مُطِلّا

You see the dwelling in the valley of Ayn Qasir,

You see the abode of Wadi Aynuqa

a spacious home commanding a view.

A spacious, overlooking residence.

وَتَحَلُّ بِالجِسرِ الجِنا

وَتَحَلُّ بِالجِسرِ الجِنا

نِ وَتَسكُنُ الحُصنَ المُعَلّى

نِ وَتَسكُنُ الحُصنَ المُعَلّى

And you alight by the bridge amid gardens,

It descends to the gardens,

and dwell in the lofty fortress.

And dwells in the lofty fortress,

تَجلو عَرائِسُهُ لَنا

تَجلو عَرائِسُهُ لَنا

هَزجَ الذُبابِ إِذا تَجَلّى

هَزجَ الذُبابِ إِذا تَجَلّى

Its brides reveal to us

Its brides appear to us,

the flies' humming when it comes to light.

When insects buzz if it shows itself.

وَإِذا نَزَلنا بِالسَوا

وَإِذا نَزَلنا بِالسَوا

جيرِ اِجتَنَينا العَيشَ سَهلا

جيرِ اِجتَنَينا العَيشَ سَهلا

And when we alight at al-Sawajir,

And when we alight at the plain,

we reap a life of ease.

We obtain an easy living,

وَالماءُ يَفصِلُ بَينَ زَه

وَالماءُ يَفصِلُ بَينَ زَه

رِ الرَوضِ في الشَطَّينِ فَصلا

رِ الرَوضِ في الشَطَّينِ فَصلا

And water divides the flowers

And water separates the flowers

of the garden on both banks, cleaving them apart,

Of the meadow into two halves.

كَبِساطِ وَشيٍ جَرَّدَت

كَبِساطِ وَشيٍ جَرَّدَت

أَيدي القُيونِ عَلَيهِ نَصلا

أَيدي القُيونِ عَلَيهِ نَصلا

like a carpet of brocade upon which

Like the rug the hands of maids

smiths' hands have bared a blade.

Stretched on it marked with tattoo.

مَن كانَ سُرَّ بِما عَرا

مَن كانَ سُرَّ بِما عَرا

ني فَليَمُت ضُرّاً وَهَزلا

ني فَليَمُت ضُرّاً وَهَزلا

Whoever rejoiced at what befell

Whoever was vexed by what I gained,

me, let him die in misery and wasting.

Let him die, teased and jested.

لَم أَخلُ فيما نابَني

لَم أَخلُ فيما نابَني

مِن أَن أُعَزَّ وَأَن أُجَلّا

مِن أَن أُعَزَّ وَأَن أُجَلّا

In all that befell me, I was never without

I did not fail in what befell me,

honor and reverence.

To be mighty or to be deterred.

رُعتُ القُلوبَ مَهابَةً

رُعتُ القُلوبَ مَهابَةً

وَمَلَأتُها فَضلاً وَنُبلا

وَمَلَأتُها فَضلاً وَنُبلا

I struck hearts with awe,

I fostered hearts in awe,

and filled them with virtue and nobility.

And filled them with grace and nobility.

ماغَضَّ مِنّي حادِثٌ

ماغَضَّ مِنّي حادِثٌ

وَالقَرمُ قَرمٌ حَيثُ حَلّا

وَالقَرمُ قَرمٌ حَيثُ حَلّا

No misfortune has diminished me;

No event made me waver,

and a lord remains a lord wherever he dwells.

And battles are battles, wherever they are.

أَنّى حَلَلتُ فَإِنَّما

أَنّى حَلَلتُ فَإِنَّما

يَدعونِيَ السَيفُ المُحَلّى

يَدعونِيَ السَيفُ المُحَلّى

Wherever I dwell, they simply

Wherever I moved,

call me 'the adorned sword.'

The sword urged me on.

فَلَئِن خَلَصتُ فَإِنَّني

فَلَئِن خَلَصتُ فَإِنَّني

شَرقُ العِدى طِفلاً وَكَهلا

شَرقُ العِدى طِفلاً وَكَهلا

So if I escape, then I am

So if I survive, I am

my foes' choking bane, as a boy and as a man.

The sword of time, sharpened in youth and old age.

ماكُنتُ إِلّا السَيفَ زا

ماكُنتُ إِلّا السَيفَ زا

دَ عَلى صُروفِ الدَهرِ صَقلا

دَ عَلى صُروفِ الدَهرِ صَقلا

I have been nothing but a sword, gaining

And if I am killed, then it is

polish amid the vicissitudes of time.

The death of the honorable, hunting game.

وَلَئِن قُتِلتُ فَإِنَّما

وَلَئِن قُتِلتُ فَإِنَّما

مَوتُ الكِرامِ الصيدِ قَتلا

مَوتُ الكِرامِ الصيدِ قَتلا

And if I am slain, it is but

The ignorant is fooled by the world,

the death of the noble and proud: to be slain.

And in the world there is no pausing.

يَغتَرُّ بِالدُنيا الجَهو

يَغتَرُّ بِالدُنيا الجَهو

لُ وَلَيسَ في الدُنيا مُمِلّا

لُ وَلَيسَ في الدُنيا مُمِلّا

The fool is beguiled by this world,

yet in this world he is granted no reprieve.