يا مَعشَرَ الأَجنادِ لا تَقنَطوا

يا مَعشَرَ الأَجنادِ لا تَقنَطوا

خُذوا عَطاياكُم وَلا تَسخَطوا

خُذوا عَطاياكُم وَلا تَسخَطوا

O company of soldiers, do not despair.

O hosts of soldiers, do not despair

Take your stipends and do not be displeased.

Take your gifts and do not be angry

فَسَوفَ يُعطيكُم حُنَينِيَّةً

فَسَوفَ يُعطيكُم حُنَينِيَّةً

يَلتَذُّها الأَمرَدُ وَالأَشمَطُ

يَلتَذُّها الأَمرَدُ وَالأَشمَطُ

For he will give you a song by Hunayn,

For Hunayn will soon provide you

which the beardless youth and the gray-haired man enjoy.

With pleasures for the immortal and unkempt

وَالمَعبَدِيّاتُ لِقوّادِكُم

وَالمَعبَدِيّاتُ لِقوّادِكُم

لا تَدخُلُ الكيسَ وَلا تُربَطُ

لا تَدخُلُ الكيسَ وَلا تُربَطُ

And Maʿbad’s songs are for your commanders;

And the youthful women for your pimps

they enter no purse, nor are they tied up.

Who enter not the purse nor are tied

وَهَكذا يَرزُقُ أَصحابَهُ

وَهَكذا يَرزُقُ أَصحابَهُ

خَليفَةٌ مُصحَفُهُ البَربَطُ

خَليفَةٌ مُصحَفُهُ البَربَطُ

And thus he provides for his companions:

And thus does he provide for his followers

a caliph whose Qur’an is the lute.

A caliph whose book is gilt

قَد خَتَمَ الصَكَّ بِأَرزاقِكُم

قَد خَتَمَ الصَكَّ بِأَرزاقِكُم

وَصَحَّحَ العرضَ فَلَم تَسقُطوا

وَصَحَّحَ العرضَ فَلَم تَسقُطوا

He has sealed the warrant for your stipends,

He has sealed the decree with your sustenance

and checked the muster roll, so none of you were left out.

And validated the offer so you have not fallen

بَيعَةُ إِبراهيمَ مَشؤومَةٌ

بَيعَةُ إِبراهيمَ مَشؤومَةٌ

تُقتَلُ فيها الخَلقُ أَو تُقحَطُ

تُقتَلُ فيها الخَلقُ أَو تُقحَطُ

The pledge of allegiance to Ibrahim is ill-omened:

The pledge to Abraham is ill-omened

under it, people are killed or afflicted by famine.

In it people are killed or impoverished