بنيsons of هاشمHashim بينbetween المَناياdeaths وَبَينَكُمand between you
بني هاشم بين المَنايا وَبَينَكُم
تُراثٌa legacy وَماand not تَغفوslumbers المَناياdeaths عَنheedless of الوِترِthe blood debt
تُراثٌ وَما تَغفو المَنايا عَن الوِترِ
Sons of Hashim, between death and you
O Hashimites, between you and death
Lies a legacy; death never slumbers heedless of a blood debt.
Is an inheritance, unaffected by time's oblivion
مَضَتwent away بِأَبيwith the father of الأَشبالِthe lion cubs يَستشهدcalling as witness الوَغىbattle
مَضَت بِأَبي الأَشبالِ يَستشهد الوَغى
وَراياتهand his banners فيهاin it عَلىagainst دولstates الغَدرِtreachery
وَراياته فيها عَلى دول الغَدرِ
It carried off Abu al-Ashbal—the Father of Lion Cubs—as he called battle to witness,
My father departed with his cubs, martyred in battle
And his banners in battle stood against treacherous states.
His banners amidst betrayers' dynasties
وَماand did not نكّبَتturn aside عَنfrom شاكرShakir بَعدafter فَيصَلٍFaisal
وَما نكّبَت عَن شاكر بَعد فَيصَلٍ
وَغالَتand struck down عَلياًAli وَاللواعجwhile burning sorrows فيin الصَدرِthe breast
وَغالَت عَلياً وَاللواعج في الصَدرِ
Nor did it turn aside from Shakir after Faisal,
Shakir was unfailing after Fayṣal
And it struck Ali down, with burning anguish in the breast.
‘Alī was most precious, though pierced in the chest
مَقاماتcourts إقيالٍkings تَغيبdisappear شُموسهاtheir suns
مَقامات إقيالٍ تَغيب شُموسها
وَغاراتand raids أَبطالheroes تُرَدّare turned back عَنfrom النَصرِvictory
وَغارات أَبطال تُرَدّ عَن النَصرِ
The courts of kings, whose suns set,
Encampments disappear like setting suns
And heroes' raids, turned back from victory.
Raids of heroes, repelled from victory
بَنيsons of هاشمHashim لاmay ... not أَخمَدَتquench جَمراتِكُمyour embers
بَني هاشم لا أَخمَدَت جَمراتِكُم
وَلاand may ... not أَغمدتsheathe أَسيافَكُمyour swords نوبُcalamities of الدَهرِtime
وَلا أَغمدت أَسيافَكُم نوبُ الدَهرِ
Sons of Hashim, may your embers never be quenched,
O Hashimites, your embers are never extinguished
Nor your swords sheathed by the calamities of time.
Nor are your swords sheathed by turns of fate
بِأَوجهكمby your faces تَنفضُّdisperses حالِكَةpitch-black الدُجىnight's darkness
بِأَوجهكم تَنفضُّ حالِكَة الدُجى
وَأَيمانَكُمand your right hands تَرفضُّscatters مجفلةُa cloud laden with القطرِrain
وَأَيمانَكُم تَرفضُّ مجفلةُ القطرِ
Before your faces, the pitch-black night disperses,
Your faces dispel the darkness of gloom
And before your right hands, the rain-laden cloud scatters.
Your oaths turn away the pelting rain
وَنيطتand were bound بِعَبدto Abd (servant of) اللَهAllah (God) آمالُhopes of أُمَّةٍa nation
وَنيطت بِعَبد اللَه آمالُ أُمَّةٍ
وَفيand in ظلّthe shade of غازيGhazi عَودُthe return of أَيامِهاits days الغرِّradiant
وَفي ظلّ غازي عَودُ أَيامِها الغرِّ
And a nation's hopes were bound to Abdullah,
In Abdullah are a nation's hopes entrusted
And in Ghazi's shade, its radiant days return.
In Ghazi, the days of its glory reborn