1. يا ذا المعالي والعطايا جدْ جدْ

    جدْ مسرعاً جدْ جدْ بجيش منجد

    O possessor of high honors and gifts, give generously, give generously!

    Give swiftly; give, give an army that brings aid!

  2. صدقي بأنيّ من معدّ أو بني

    هود الرضي جمهوره من يحمد

    My word is true: I am of Maʿadd or the sons

    of Hud the esteemed; his host is from Yahmad.

  3. في البر أو في البحر أو هذا وذا

    يغشى الأعادي كالأذيّ المزبد

    On land or at sea, or both together,

    it engulfs the enemies like a foaming sea-surge.

  4. أنت الذي نلت العلا أمس بما

    وليت من نصر فزدْ زد وازدد

    You are the one who attained eminence yesterday through what

    you undertook in aid; so add more, add more, and increase still further.

  5. فالدين قد أضحى سنياً سامياً

    فامددْ أو فارفده قوماً واحفد

    For the faith has become radiant and exalted.

    So send reinforcements, or support it with men, and hasten.

  6. للّه من مجد لدينا قد علا

    ذكراك ذكراه ولما يشهد

    What glory we have among us, by God! It has surpassed

    your renown with its own, though it has not yet been witnessed.

  7. لكن من أمددته بالمال لم

    يكسل لم يسأم ولما يرقد

    But the one you supported with money has not

    slackened; he has not wearied, nor has he yet slept.

  8. جلاّ دجى أوطانه عن وقعة

    كانت لأرباب الطغى بالمرصد

    He dispelled the darkness of his homelands through a battle

    that lay in ambush for the masters of tyranny.

  9. لما يذق طعم الكرى حتى حوى

    ما قد حوت أحباله قبض اليد

    He had not tasted the savor of slumber until he secured

    what his snares had caught, within his hand's grasp.

  10. لا يحتوي أمر الورى إلاّ امرؤ

    هماته تعلو دوين الفرقد

    No one masters the affairs of humankind except a man

    whose aspirations rise just below the star Farqad.

  11. لا يشتكي ضراً إذا ما مسه

    يوماً ولا يزهو لأمر مسعد

    He does not complain of harm when it touches him

    on any day, nor grows vain at a happy event.

  12. يا خير من رام البرايا قصده

    للنصر قم قم قم وقم قم واحشد

    O best of those whom humankind seeks to approach,

    For victory, rise, rise, rise, and rise, rise, and muster troops!

  13. وانصر أخاً قد رام ما قد رمته

    دوماً وبالمرداس حقاً يقتدي

    And aid a brother who has sought what you have sought

    always, and truly follows al-Mirdas's example.

  14. يرضى بما رب السموات العلا

    يرضى ولا يرضى بفعل القعدد

    He is pleased with what the Lord of the lofty heavens

    is pleased with, and is not pleased with the shirker's conduct.

  15. يهوى عناق القرن في يوم الوغى

    لا كالذي يهوى عناق الخرّد

    He loves embracing an adversary on the day of battle,

    not like the one who loves embracing bashful maidens.

  16. يرجو الفنا تحت العوالي جهرة

    إذ يرتجى المغبون موت المقعد

    He openly seeks to perish beneath the lofty spears,

    while the duped man hopes to die bedridden.

  17. لما رآه مضمحلاً زائلاً

    أيضاً ومن أصحابه في الملحد

    When he saw it fading and passing away,

    and some of his companions, too, within the grave,

  18. عزت عليه نفسه فاعتاضها

    بالهون كي يحظى بعز في غد

    his soul grew precious to him, so he exchanged it

    for abasement, that he might gain honor on the morrow.

  19. والعز لا يحويه كفّ في غد

    إلا بوضع السيف فوق القمحد

    And no hand will win honor on the morrow

    except by placing the sword above the back of the head.

  20. هذا وقد أضحى وعندي نادباً

    للقوم فاكبتهم بصدق الموعد

    This—and he is now, here with me, calling

    to the people; so subdue them by keeping your promise.

  21. والحمد للّه الذي صلى على

    خير البرايا الهاشمي محمد

    And praise belongs to God, who bestowed blessings upon

    the best of creation, the Hashimite Muhammad.