تَشَبَّثْ يا أُخيَّ بِمَكْرُماتٍ

تَشَبَّثْ يا أُخيَّ بِمَكْرُماتٍ

تَنوشُ ذوائِبَ الحَسَبِ التَّليدِ

تَنوشُ ذوائِبَ الحَسَبِ التَّليدِ

Cling, my dear brother, to noble deeds

Cling, my brother, to honored deeds,

That reach the pinnacles of ancestral honor.

Sip the nectars of noble ancestry.

فَنَحْنُ نَحِلُّ أَنْدِيَةً إِلَيْها

فَنَحْنُ نَحِلُّ أَنْدِيَةً إِلَيْها

ثَنى النَّعْماءُ طَرْفَ ألمُسْتَفيدِ

ثَنى النَّعْماءُ طَرْفَ ألمُسْتَفيدِ

For we take our places in assemblies toward which

For we set up fellowships leading to them,

Bounty has turned the beneficiary's gaze.

While the glance of favor smiles on the beneficiary.

وَنَعْتَقِلُ الرِّماحَ مُثَقَّفاتٍ

وَنَعْتَقِلُ الرِّماحَ مُثَقَّفاتٍ

وَنَرْفُلُ في سَرابِيلِ الحَديدِ

وَنَرْفُلُ في سَرابِيلِ الحَديدِ

And we wield spears made straight,

And we wield well-burnished lances,

And we stride proudly in tunics of iron.

And parade in suits of mail.

وَقَدْ كُنا المُلوكَ على البَرَايا

وَقَدْ كُنا المُلوكَ على البَرَايا

نُشَيِّدُ ما بَناهُ أَبو يَزيدِ

نُشَيِّدُ ما بَناهُ أَبو يَزيدِ

And we were once kings over humankind,

Once we were kings in the wilds,

Raising high what Abu Yazid had built.

Singing what Abu Yazid had built.

فَجاذَبَنا رِداءَ العِزِّ دَهْرٌ

فَجاذَبَنا رِداءَ العِزِّ دَهْرٌ

جَلا الأحْرارَ في صُوَرِ العَبيدِ

جَلا الأحْرارَ في صُوَرِ العَبيدِ

Then time contended with us for the mantle of glory,

But time has tugged at the cloak of honor,

Revealing free men in the guise of slaves.

Disgracing the freeborn with the guise of slaves.