أَبلِغ أَميرَ المُؤمِنينَ رِسالَةً

أَبلِغ أَميرَ المُؤمِنينَ رِسالَةً

فَعَجِّل هَداكَ اللَهُ نَزعَكَ خالِدا

فَعَجِّل هَداكَ اللَهُ نَزعَكَ خالِدا

Convey a message to the Commander of the Faithful:

Convey to the Commander of the Faithful a message

So hasten—may God guide you—to dismiss Khalid.

So may God guide you, prolong your life O Khaled

بَنى بَيعَةً فيها الصَليبُ لِأُمِّهِ

بَنى بَيعَةً فيها الصَليبُ لِأُمِّهِ

وَهَدَّمَ مِن بُغضِ الصَلاةِ المَساجِدا

وَهَدَّمَ مِن بُغضِ الصَلاةِ المَساجِدا

He built his mother a church with a cross in it,

He built a church in which is a cross for his mother

and demolished the mosques out of hatred for prayer.

And destroyed from hatred of prayer the mosques