بِمَرْجَلِّينَ صادفنا فعالاً

بِمَرْجَلِّينَ صادفنا فعالاً

تذكِّرنا فعالَ المفترينا

تذكِّرنا فعالَ المفترينا

In Marjallin we encountered deeds

With two shovels we met a man of action

that remind us of the deeds of those who fabricate lies:

Reminding us of the deeds of the impostors

بإنسانٍ أرانا الخيرَ لفظاً

بإنسانٍ أرانا الخيرَ لفظاً

بلا معنى فخِلناه مُعينا

بلا معنى فخِلناه مُعينا

in a man who showed us goodness in words

A man who showed us good only in words

without substance, so we thought him a helper.

Without meaning, so we counted him a helper

دعانا أولاً حتى حضرنا

دعانا أولاً حتى حضرنا

فكان من الرجال الناكثينا

فكان من الرجال الناكثينا

He first invited us, until we arrived,

First he called us until we came

then proved to be among men who break their word.

Yet he was of those who break their word

وكان سحابه فينا جَهاماً

وكان سحابه فينا جَهاماً

وخُلَّبُ برقِه وعداً لَدَينا

وخُلَّبُ برقِه وعداً لَدَينا

And his cloud, for us, was rainless,

His cloud over us was resolute

and his lightning's false flash was a promise to us.

And the lightning of his promise was a debt upon us

فلا تعجب لشخصٍ قد تكنَّى

فلا تعجب لشخصٍ قد تكنَّى

بمعنى إسم أُمِّ العالمينا

بمعنى إسم أُمِّ العالمينا

So do not marvel at a person who has taken a byname

So do not wonder at a person who adopted

with the meaning of the name of the mother of all humankind.

The meaning of the name of the mother of all worlds

فإن السيف من معناه يكنى

فإن السيف من معناه يكنى

بشرٍّ حيثُ كان به كمينا

بشرٍّ حيثُ كان به كمينا

For the sword is given a byname from its meaning:

For the sword is named after its meaning

'evil,' since evil lay hidden within it.

As an evil where an ambush lay in wait

بنى ما قد بناه على دِمانا

بنى ما قد بناه على دِمانا

دمُ الشهداء أضحى وهو فينا

دمُ الشهداء أضحى وهو فينا

He built what he built upon our blood—

He built what he built upon our blood

which has become martyrs' blood while still within us.

The blood of martyrs has become, and it is within us

فإن يَثبُتْ كذا يَشهدْ عليه

فإن يَثبُتْ كذا يَشهدْ عليه

وإن يَسقُطْ جزاءُ الظالمينا

وإن يَسقُطْ جزاءُ الظالمينا

For if it stands thus, it will bear witness against him;

If he stands thus, it will testify against him

and if it falls, that is retribution for the oppressors.

And if he falls, the recompense of the unjust