وَكانَت أَثافي قِدرِنا رَأسَ بَعلِها

وَكانَت أَثافي قِدرِنا رَأسَ بَعلِها

وَعَمَّيهِ في أَيدٍ سَقَطنَ وَأَسوُقِ

وَعَمَّيهِ في أَيدٍ سَقَطنَ وَأَسوُقِ

And our pot's hearthstones were her husband's head

The pots of our fate had its head cut off

And his two uncles' heads, amid fallen hands and shins.

And its master blinded, fallen into the hands of destiny

أَلَم تَرَ أَنّا بِالمَشاعِرِ يُهتَدى

أَلَم تَرَ أَنّا بِالمَشاعِرِ يُهتَدى

بِنا وَلَنا مَجدُ الفَخورِ المُصَدَّقِ

بِنا وَلَنا مَجدُ الفَخورِ المُصَدَّقِ

Have you not seen that, at the sacred sites, people are guided

Don't you see we are guided through the pilgrimage sites

By us, and ours is the glory of one whose boasts are believed?

We and ours are the glory of the honored truth-teller

أَبي مُضَرٌ مِنهُ الرَسولُ الَّذي هَدى

أَبي مُضَرٌ مِنهُ الرَسولُ الَّذي هَدى

بِهِ اللَهُ مَن صَلّى بِغَربٍ وَمَشرِقِ

بِهِ اللَهُ مَن صَلّى بِغَربٍ وَمَشرِقِ

My forefather is Mudar; from him came the Messenger, through whom

My father is Mudar, from him came the messenger who guided

God guided those who prayed in west and east.

Allah by him who prayed facing west and east

إِذا خِندِفٌ بِالأَبطَحَينِ تَغَطرَفَت

إِذا خِندِفٌ بِالأَبطَحَينِ تَغَطرَفَت

وَرائي وَقَيسٌ ذَيَّلَت بِالمُشَرِّقِ

وَرائي وَقَيسٌ ذَيَّلَت بِالمُشَرِّقِ

When Khindif strides proudly in the two Abtahs

When Khindif brandished at Al-Abtah

Behind me, and Qays trails its robes at al-Musharriq,

Behind me, and Qais rallied facing the east

فَما أَحَدٌ إِلّا يَرانا أَمامَهُ

فَما أَحَدٌ إِلّا يَرانا أَمامَهُ

وَأَربابَهُ مَن فَوقِهِ حينَ نَلتَقي

وَأَربابَهُ مَن فَوقِهِ حينَ نَلتَقي

Then no one fails to see us ahead of him,

None faced us except to see us ahead

And as his masters above him when we meet.

And their masters above when we come together

وَمَن يَلقَ بَحرَينا إِذا ما تَناطَحا

وَمَن يَلقَ بَحرَينا إِذا ما تَناطَحا

بِخِندِفَ أَو قَيسِ اِبنِ عَيلانَ يَغرَقِ

بِخِندِفَ أَو قَيسِ اِبنِ عَيلانَ يَغرَقِ

And whoever meets our two seas when they lock horns—

He who faces our two seas when they clash

Khindif or Qays son of Aylan—will drown.

With Khindif or Qais ibn Ailan's son will drown

هُما جَبَلا اللَهِ اللَذانِ ذُراهُما

هُما جَبَلا اللَهِ اللَذانِ ذُراهُما

مَعَ النَجمِ في أَعلى السَماءِ المُحَلِّقِ

مَعَ النَجمِ في أَعلى السَماءِ المُحَلِّقِ

They are God's two mountains, whose summits

They are Allah's two mountains which He anchored

Stand with the soaring star in the highest sky.

With the stars in the highest rising heaven

فَتَحنا بِإِذنِ اللَهُ كُلَّ مَدينَةٍ

فَتَحنا بِإِذنِ اللَهُ كُلَّ مَدينَةٍ

مِنَ الهِندِ أَو بابٍ مِنَ الرومِ مُغلَقِ

مِنَ الهِندِ أَو بابٍ مِنَ الرومِ مُغلَقِ

We conquered, by God's leave, every city

By Allah's will we opened every city

In India, or any barred gate of the Romans.

From India or a gate of Rome though locked