قَسَماً بِمَن ضَمَّت أَباطِحُ مَكَّةٍ

قَسَماً بِمَن ضَمَّت أَباطِحُ مَكَّةٍ

وَبِمَن حَواهُ مِنَ الحَجيجِ المَوقِفُ

وَبِمَن حَواهُ مِنَ الحَجيجِ المَوقِفُ

I swear by those whom Mecca’s gravelly valleys embraced,

I swear by He who the valleys of Mecca embraced

And by the pilgrims whom the place of standing gathered:

And by He who the standing pilgrims harbored

لَو لَم يَقُم موسى بِنَصرِ مُحَمَّدٍ

لَو لَم يَقُم موسى بِنَصرِ مُحَمَّدٍ

لَعَلا عَلى دَرجِ الخَطيبِ الأسقُفُ

لَعَلا عَلى دَرجِ الخَطيبِ الأسقُفُ

Had Musa not risen to Muhammad’s aid,

Had Moses not supported Muhammad

The bishop would surely have ascended the preacher’s steps.

The bishop would have stood on the pulpit

لَولاهُ ما ذلَّ الصَليبُ وَأَهلهُ

لَولاهُ ما ذلَّ الصَليبُ وَأَهلهُ

في ثغرِ دِمياطٍ وَعِزَّ المُصحَفُ

في ثغرِ دِمياطٍ وَعِزَّ المُصحَفُ

But for him, the cross and its followers would not have been humbled

Were it not for him, neither the cross nor its people

In Damietta’s frontier port, nor would the Qur’an have been exalted.

Would have been disgraced at Damietta nor would the Quran have been honored