1. هَلِ المَجدُ إِلّا السُؤدَدُ العَودُ وَالنَدى

    وَجاهُ المُلوكِ وَاِحتِمالُ العَظائِمِ

    Is glory anything but long-established lordship and generosity,

    and the prestige of kings, and bearing mighty burdens?

  2. نَصَرنا وَآوَينا النَبِيَّ مُحَمَّداً

    عَلى أَنفِ راضٍ مِن مَعَدٍّ وَراغِمِ

    We aided and sheltered the Prophet Muhammad,

    in defiance of Ma‘add, willing and unwilling alike,

  3. بِحَيٍّ حَريدٍ أَصلُهُ وَذِمارُهُ

    بِجابِيَةِ الجَولانِ وَسطَ الأَعاجِمِ

    with a tribe apart, whose roots and protected kin

    are at Jabiyah of the Golan, amid non-Arabs.

  4. نَصَرناهُ لَمّا حَلَّ وَسطَ رِحالِنا

    بِأَسيافِنا مِن كُلِّ باغٍ وَظالِمِ

    We defended him when he settled among our tents,

    with our swords, against every aggressor and wrongdoer.

  5. جَعَلنا بَنينا دونَهُ وَبَناتِنا

    وَطِبنا لَهُ نَفساً بِفَيءِ المَغانِمِ

    We set our sons and our daughters to shield him,

    and gladly yielded him the spoils of war.

  6. وَنَحنُ ضَرَبنا الناسَ حَتّى تَتابَعوا

    عَلى دينِهِ بِالمُرهَفاتِ الصَوارِمِ

    And we struck the people until they followed, one after another,

    his faith, with keen-edged, cleaving swords.

  7. وَنَحنُ وَلَدنا مِن قُرَيشٍ عَظيمَها

    وَلَدنا نَبِيَّ الخَيرِ مِن آلِ هاشِمِ

    And we brought forth Quraysh’s great man;

    we brought forth the Prophet of goodness, from the house of Hashim.

  8. لَنا المُلكُ في الإِشراكِ وَالسَبقُ في الهُدى

    وَنَصرُ النَبِيِّ وَاِبتِناءُ المَكارِمِ

    Ours was kingship in pagan days, and precedence in guidance,

    and support for the Prophet, and the building of noble deeds.

  9. بَني دارِمٍ لا تَفخَروا إِنَّ فَخرَكُم

    يَعودُ وَبالاً عِندَ ذِكرِ المَكارِمِ

    Sons of Darim, do not boast: your boasting

    turns to ruin when noble deeds are recalled.

  10. هَبِلتُم عَلَينا تَفخَرونَ وَأَنتُمُ

    لَنا خَوَلٌ ما بَينَ ظِئرِ وَخادِمِ

    May you be bereaved! You boast over us, though you

    are our retainers, from wet nurse to servant.

  11. فَإِن كُنتُمُ جِئتُم لَحِقنَ دِمائِكُم

    وَأَموالِكُم أَن تُقسَموا في المَقاسِمِ

    So if you have come to spare your blood

    and your wealth, lest you be apportioned among the spoils,

  12. فَلا تَجعَلوا لِلَّهِ نِدّاً وَأَسلِموا

    وَلا تَلبَسوا زَيّاً كَزَيِّ الأَعاجِمِ

    then set up no rival to God, and embrace Islam;

    and do not wear garb like that of non-Arabs.

  13. وَإِلّا أَبَحناكُم وَسُقنا نِساءَكُم

    بِصُمِّ القَنا وَالمُقرَباتِ الصَلادِمِ

    Otherwise, we shall make you lawful prey and drive off your women

    with stout spears and choice, sturdy steeds.

  14. وَأَفضَلُ ما نِلتُم مِنَ المَجدِ وَالعُلى

    رِدافَتُنا عِندَ اِحتِضارِ المَواسِمِ

    And the best you have attained of glory and eminence

    is riding behind us when people gather for the seasonal fairs.