عِزٌّglory لِمُتّخذfor one who takes الجهادjihad لُبوساًas armor
عِزٌّ لِمُتّخذ الجهاد لُبوساً
لِيذودَso that he may ward off بالبأسwith might الشّديدfierce البوساmisery
لِيذودَ بالبأس الشّديد البوسا
Glory to him who takes jihad as armor,
Glory to him who takes jihad as his garment
To ward off misery with fierce might.
To fend off with might the mighty foe
مَلَكَruled البسيطَةَthe earth باسِطُthe spreader of العدلjustice الذيwho
مَلَكَ البسيطَةَ باسِطُ العدل الذي
أضحىbecame بهthrough him ثَغْرُthe frontier of الهدىguidance محروساguarded
أضحى به ثَغْرُ الهدى محروسا
The spreader of justice ruled the earth—the one
He who rules the desert spreading justice
Through whom the frontier of guidance became guarded.
With it the breach of guidance became guarded
عزمresolve صَلاحيِّof Ṣalāḥī إذاwhen ابتَدَرَhe rushed into الوغىbattle
عزم صَلاحيِّ إذا ابتَدَرَ الوغى
أبدىrevealed بدوراًfull moons للورىto humankind وَشُموساًand suns
أبدى بدوراً للورى وَشُموساً
Ṣalāḥī's resolve, when he rushed into battle,
When the resolve of my righteous one is stirred by turmoil
Revealed full moons and suns to humankind.
He shows a full moon for the land and suns