أَفاطِمَ هاكِ السَيفَ غَير ذَميمِ

أَفاطِمَ هاكِ السَيفَ غَير ذَميمِ

فَلَستُ بَرَعديدٍ وَلا بِلَئيمِ

فَلَستُ بَرَعديدٍ وَلا بِلَئيمِ

O Fatima, take the sword, free from reproach.

Afatema, wave that sword which is not blunt

O Fatimah, take this sword, for it is not to be blamed,

For I am no trembling coward, nor a base man.

For I am neither weak nor cowardly

For I am neither a trembling coward nor base of character.

أَفاطِمَ قَد أَبلَيتُ في نَصرِ أَحمَدٍ

أَفاطِمَ قَد أَبلَيتُ في نَصرِ أَحمَدٍ

وَمَرضاةُ رَبٍّ بِالعِبادِ رَحيمِ

وَمَرضاةُ رَبٍّ بِالعِبادِ رَحيمِ

O Fatima, I have fought valiantly in support of Ahmad,

Afatema, I have exerted myself in supporting Ahmad

O Fatimah, I have truly tested myself in the aid of Ahmad,

and for the pleasure of a Lord merciful to His servants.

And pleasing a Lord who is Kind to His servants

And for the pleasure of a Lord who is Merciful to His servants.

أُريدُ ثَوابَ اللَهِ لا شَيءَ غَيرَهُ

أُريدُ ثَوابَ اللَهِ لا شَيءَ غَيرَهُ

وَرِضوانَهُ في جَنّةٍ وَنَعيمِ

وَرِضوانَهُ في جَنّةٍ وَنَعيمِ

I desire God's reward, nothing else,

I want only God's reward and nothing else

I desire the reward of God—nothing other than that—

and His good pleasure in Paradise and bliss.

And His approval in a Garden and Bliss

And His good pleasure amidst Paradise and bliss.

وَكُنتُ اِمرَءاً أَسموا إِذا الحَربُ شَمَّرت

وَكُنتُ اِمرَءاً أَسموا إِذا الحَربُ شَمَّرت

وَقامَت عَلى ساقٍ بِغَيرِ مَليمِ

وَقامَت عَلى ساقٍ بِغَيرِ مَليمِ

And I was a man who rose high when war drew up its skirts,

And I was a man they called on when war raged

For I was a man who stands tall when war bares its fangs

and stood upon its leg, with no blame upon me.

And rose on a leg without hesitation

And rises to its full height, free from any reproach.

اَنِمتَ اِبنَ عَبدِ الدارِ حَتّى ضَرَبتَهُ

اَنِمتَ اِبنَ عَبدِ الدارِ حَتّى ضَرَبتَهُ

بِذي رَونَقٍ يَفري العِظامَ صَميمِ

بِذي رَونَقٍ يَفري العِظامَ صَميمِ

You lulled Ibn ʿAbd al-Dār to sleep until you struck him

You slept, son of Abdel Dar, until I struck you

I laid low the son of Abd al-Dar when I struck him

with a gleaming, solid blade that cleaves bones.

With a polished sword that shreds bones to pieces

With a gleaming blade that cleaves through solid bone.

فَغادَرتُهُ بِالقاعِ فَاِرفَضَّ جَمعُهُ

فَغادَرتُهُ بِالقاعِ فَاِرفَضَّ جَمعُهُ

وَأَشفَيتُ مِنهُم صَدرَ كُلِّ حَليمِ

وَأَشفَيتُ مِنهُم صَدرَ كُلِّ حَليمِ

So I left him on the plain, and his host scattered,

I left him in the battlefield as his army scattered

I left him upon the plain, and his forces scattered,

and at their expense I soothed every forbearing man's breast.

And relieved the chest of every wise man

And thus I healed the hearts of all the forbearing ones.

وَسَيفي بِكفِّي كَالشِهابِ أَهُزُّهُ

وَسَيفي بِكفِّي كَالشِهابِ أَهُزُّهُ

أَجزُّ بِهِ مِن عاتِقٍ وَصَميمِ

أَجزُّ بِهِ مِن عاتِقٍ وَصَميمِ

And my sword in my palm is like a meteor as I brandish it;

And my sword in my hand flashes like a meteor

My sword in my hand is like a meteor as I brandish it,

I shear with it through shoulder and solid bone.

With which I sever shoulders and cores

Shearing through shoulders and vital cores alike.