يُؤَمَّلُ أهْلُ الشَّامِ عَمْراً وإنَّنِي

يُؤَمَّلُ أهْلُ الشَّامِ عَمْراً وإنَّنِي

لآمُلُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ عِنْدَ الْحَقائِقِ

لآمُلُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ عِنْدَ الْحَقائِقِ

The people of Syria set their hopes on ʿAmr, while I

The people of al-Sham pin their hopes on Amr, while I

surely set mine on ʿAbd Allāh when truths are put to the test.

surely place mine in Abd Allah when truth is at stake.

وَإنَّ أبَا مُوسَى سَيُدْرِكَ حَقَّنَا

وَإنَّ أبَا مُوسَى سَيُدْرِكَ حَقَّنَا

إذْ مَا رَمَى عَمْراً بِإحْدَى الصَّوَاعِقِ

إذْ مَا رَمَى عَمْراً بِإحْدَى الصَّوَاعِقِ

Indeed, Abū Mūsā will vindicate our right

And Abu Musa will surely secure our right

when he strikes ʿAmr with one of his thunderbolts

when he hurls one of the thunderbolts at Amr,

وَحَقَّقَهُ حَتَّى يَدُرَّ وَرِيدُهُ

وَحَقَّقَهُ حَتَّى يَدُرَّ وَرِيدُهُ

وَنَحْنُ عَلَى ذَاكُمْ كَأحْنَقِ حَانِقِ

وَنَحْنُ عَلَى ذَاكُمْ كَأحْنَقِ حَانِقِ

and establishes it, until ʿAmr’s jugular gushes;

and presses him until his jugular throbs,

and at that we shall be as furious as the most wrathful man.

while we, over that, are like the angriest of angry men.

عَلَى أنَّ عَمْراً لا يُشَقُ غُبَارُهُ

عَلَى أنَّ عَمْراً لا يُشَقُ غُبَارُهُ

إذَا مَا جَرَى بِالْجَهْدِ أهْلُ السَّوَابِق

إذَا مَا جَرَى بِالْجَهْدِ أهْلُ السَّوَابِق

Yet no one can outstrip ʿAmr

Yet none can break through Amr's dust

when the riders of the fleetest steeds race all-out.

when riders of fleet steeds race with all their might.

فَلِلَّهِ مَا يُرمَى الْعِرَاقُ وَأهْلُهُ

فَلِلَّهِ مَا يُرمَى الْعِرَاقُ وَأهْلُهُ

بِهِ مِنْهُ إنْ لَمْ يَرْمِهِ بِالْبوائِقِ

بِهِ مِنْهُ إنْ لَمْ يَرْمِهِ بِالْبوائِقِ

By God, what Iraq and its people will suffer

So, by God, what will be hurled at Iraq and its people

from ʿAmr because of Abū Mūsā, unless he strikes him with calamities!

by him, unless Abu Musa hurls calamities at him!