نَصَبتُم لَهُ قِدراً فَلَمّا غَلَت لَكُم

نَصَبتُم لَهُ قِدراً فَلَمّا غَلَت لَكُم

تَحَسَّيتُموها حينَ شَبَّ وَقودُها

تَحَسَّيتُموها حينَ شَبَّ وَقودُها

You set a pot for him; and when it boiled for you,

You set a cauldron for him, but when its contents boiled over for you

you sipped it when its fuel blazed up.

You found it hot when its firewood flared up

ضَرَبنا رُؤوسَ الموقِديها وَكَبشَها

ضَرَبنا رُؤوسَ الموقِديها وَكَبشَها

بِهِندِيَّةٍ يَفري الحَديدَ حَديدُها

بِهِندِيَّةٍ يَفري الحَديدَ حَديدُها

We struck the heads of its kindlers and of its ram,

We struck the heads of its stokers and its ram

with an Indian blade whose iron cleaves iron.

With an Indian sword whose iron cuts through iron

جُنودٌ لِدينِ اللَهِ تَضرِبُ مَن طَغى

جُنودٌ لِدينِ اللَهِ تَضرِبُ مَن طَغى

وَمَسلَمَةُ السَيفِ الحُسامُ يَقودُها

وَمَسلَمَةُ السَيفِ الحُسامُ يَقودُها

Troops for God's faith strike whoever transgresses,

Soldiers for the religion of God who strike those who transgressed

and Maslama, the keen-edged sword, leads them.

And the drawn sword of Islam leads them

أَبوهُ اِبنُ أَوتادِ الخِلافَةِ وَالَّذي

أَبوهُ اِبنُ أَوتادِ الخِلافَةِ وَالَّذي

بِهِ لِقُرَيشٍ كانَ تَجري سُعودُها

بِهِ لِقُرَيشٍ كانَ تَجري سُعودُها

His father is a son of the caliphate's pillars, and the one

His father the pillar of the Caliphate, by whom

through whom good fortunes used to flow for Quraysh.

Quraysh’s good fortune flowed

تَرى صَدَأَ الماذِيِّ فَوقَ جُلودِهِم

تَرى صَدَأَ الماذِيِّ فَوقَ جُلودِهِم

وَفي السِلمِ أَملاكٌ رِقاقٌ يَرودُها

وَفي السِلمِ أَملاكٌ رِقاقٌ يَرودُها

You see the rust of steel mail upon their skins,

You see the rust on their bodies

and in peace, they are gentle kings whom he guides.

And in chains, slaves they subdue

أَبى لِبَني مَروانَ إِلّا عُلُوُّهُم

أَبى لِبَني مَروانَ إِلّا عُلُوُّهُم

إِذا ما اِلتَقَت حُمرُ المَنايا وَسودُها

إِذا ما اِلتَقَت حُمرُ المَنايا وَسودُها

He would accept nothing for the sons of Marwan but their ascendancy,

Only the supremacy of the Marwanids he refused

whenever the red deaths and the black ones meet.

When the red of death meets its blackness

أَبارَ بِكُم عَن دينِهِ كُلَّ ناكِثٍ

أَبارَ بِكُم عَن دينِهِ كُلَّ ناكِثٍ

كَما الأُمَمُ الأولى أُبيرَت ثَمودُها

كَما الأُمَمُ الأولى أُبيرَت ثَمودُها

Through you he annihilated every oath-breaker who turned from his faith,

He has severed every betrayer from his religion

as Thamud among the peoples of old was annihilated.

As the ancient nations, their Thamud, were severed

أَرى الدينَ وَالدُنيا بِكُم جُمِعا لَكُم

أَرى الدينَ وَالدُنيا بِكُم جُمِعا لَكُم

إِذا اِجتَمَعَت لِلعامِلينَ جُدودُها

إِذا اِجتَمَعَت لِلعامِلينَ جُدودُها

I see faith and worldly life united through you, for you,

I see that religion and worldly gain are combined for you

when its good fortunes come together for those who strive.

When the endeavors of the workers combine their harvests

أَرى كُلَّ أَرضٍ كانَ صَعباً طَريقُها

أَرى كُلَّ أَرضٍ كانَ صَعباً طَريقُها

أُذِلَّ لَكُم بِالمَشرَفِيِّ كَؤودُها

أُذِلَّ لَكُم بِالمَشرَفِيِّ كَؤودُها

I see every land whose road was difficult:

I see every difficult land’s route

its steep ascent has been subdued for you by the Mashrafi sword.

Humbled for you by Al-Mushrifi as its thighs