1. ما زالَ أَلسِنَةُ الناطِقينَ

    وَأَحداثُ ما يُحدِثُ المُجرِمونا

    Unceasingly, the tongues of speakers,

    and the deeds that wrongdoers commit,

  2. وَنَقضُ العُهودِ بِإِثرِ العُهودِ

    يَأُزُّ الكَتائِبَ حَتّى حَمينا

    and the breaking of pact after pact,

    goaded the battalions until we blazed with fury.

  3. فَكائِن تَرى مِن ذُكورِ السُيوفِ

    يُطِرنَ قَمَحدُوَةً أَو جَبينا

    And how many keen swords you see,

    sending the back of a skull or a forehead flying!