قاتِلْ عِداكَ وضارِبْهُمْ بِمَكْرُمَةٍ

قاتِلْ عِداكَ وضارِبْهُمْ بِمَكْرُمَةٍ

تَسمُو لَها لا بِبِيْضِ الهِنْدِ والأسَلِ

تَسمُو لَها لا بِبِيْضِ الهِنْدِ والأسَلِ

Fight your foes and strike them with a noble deed

Kill your enemies with nobility

to which you aspire, not with bright Indian swords and spears.

That transcends even fine Indian swords.

فَلِلفَضائلِ طَعْنٌ في صُدورِهِمُ

فَلِلفَضائلِ طَعْنٌ في صُدورِهِمُ

مِن دُونِ مَوْقِعِهِ طعنُ القَنا الذُّبُلِ

مِن دُونِ مَوْقِعِهِ طعنُ القَنا الذُّبُلِ

For virtues pierce their breasts;

The virtuous pierce their hearts

the thrust of slender spears falls short of that mark.

Without need of rusted spears.