ولَمَّا بَدَتْ تلْكَ السيوفُ جَداولاَ

ولَمَّا بَدَتْ تلْكَ السيوفُ جَداولاَ

غَدَتْ لنفوس الشِّرك بالموت مشَربا

غَدَتْ لنفوس الشِّرك بالموت مشَربا

And when those swords appeared as streams,

When those swords appeared as streams

They became a drinking-place of death for idolatrous souls.

Death for the souls of polytheists became a drink

وإصبَغُ سَهْم المنجنيق تشيرُ بال

وإصبَغُ سَهْم المنجنيق تشيرُ بال

تَشَهد إذْ لاحَ العدوَ مُصَلِّبا

تَشَهد إذْ لاحَ العدوَ مُصَلِّبا

And the finger of the catapult's shaft signals the

And the dye of the catapult's arrow indicates

Profession of faith as it appeared, crucifying the enemy,

Bearing witness when the enemy appears crucified

ليُرسلَها في الجوِّ صاعقةً يُرى

ليُرسلَها في الجوِّ صاعقةً يُرى

لها كلُّ بُرْج هابطاً مًتَلَهِّبا

لها كلُّ بُرْج هابطاً مًتَلَهِّبا

To launch it into the air as a thunderbolt; one sees

To send it in the air as lightning that can be seen

Every tower falling before it, ablaze.

For it every tower descending inflamed

وأرعدَتِ الكوساتُ والبيضُ في الطلى

وأرعدَتِ الكوساتُ والبيضُ في الطلى

بَوارقَ لَمْ تُبرقْ منَ الدّم خُلبا

بَوارقَ لَمْ تُبرقْ منَ الدّم خُلبا

And the kettledrums thundered; the gleaming swords in the throats

And the bows and whites in the assaults thundered

Were lightning flashes, never barren of blood.

With flashes that did not flash from blood mixed