لكَ القَلم الأَعلَى الّذي إن سلَلْتَهُ

لكَ القَلم الأَعلَى الّذي إن سلَلْتَهُ

تخافُ سيوف الهندِ سطوة باسِهِ

تخافُ سيوف الهندِ سطوة باسِهِ

Yours is the supreme pen: if you unsheathe it,

Yours is the loftiest pen, which, were you but to unsheathe it,

the swords of India fear the force of its might.

The blades of India would dread its overwhelming might.

يُجلَّك أنْ يمشي لديكَ برجلِهِ

يُجلَّك أنْ يمشي لديكَ برجلِهِ

ولكنَّه يمشي عَلى أمِّ رأسِهِ

ولكنَّه يمشي عَلى أمِّ رأسِهِ

It reveres you too much to walk before you on its foot,

It exalts you to walk with it at your side,

but instead walks on the crown of its head.

Yet it walks atop the head of Amm Rassih.