استنصر الدينُ بكمْ فاقدمُوا

استنصر الدينُ بكمْ فاقدمُوا

فإنّه إن تُسلموه يُسْلَمُ

فإنّه إن تُسلموه يُسْلَمُ

Religion has sought your aid—so advance!

The faith has called upon you for aid, so advance!

For if you surrender it, surrendered it will be.

For if you surrender it, it will be surrendered.

لا تُسلموا الإسلامَ يا إخواننا

لا تُسلموا الإسلامَ يا إخواننا

وأسرجوا لنصرِه وألجموا

وأسرجوا لنصرِه وألجموا

Do not surrender Islam, O our brothers;

Do not surrender Islam, O our brothers;

Saddle up and bridle your steeds for its defense.

saddle your mounts for its aid, and bridle them.

لاذتْ بكم أندلسٌ ناشدةً

لاذتْ بكم أندلسٌ ناشدةً

برحم الدين ونعمَ الرحمُ

برحم الدين ونعمَ الرحمُ

Al-Andalus has taken refuge in you, crying out

Andalus has sought refuge in you, appealing

By the bond of faith—and excellent is that bond.

to the kinship of faith—and excellent is that kinship.

واسترحمتكمْ فارحموها إنه

واسترحمتكمْ فارحموها إنه

لا يرحمُ الرحمنُ من لا يَرحَم

لا يرحمُ الرحمنُ من لا يَرحَم

She has begged you for mercy, so show her mercy; indeed,

It has begged your mercy; show it mercy, for

The All-Merciful shows none to one who shows none.

the All-Merciful shows no mercy to those who show none.

ما هي إلا قطعةٌ من أرضكم

ما هي إلا قطعةٌ من أرضكم

وأهلُها منكم وأنتم منهم

وأهلُها منكم وأنتم منهم

She is nothing but a portion of your own land,

It is only a piece of your land;

And her people are of you, as you are of them.

its people are of you, and you are of them.

لكنها حُدّت بكلِ كافرٍ

لكنها حُدّت بكلِ كافرٍ

فالبحرُ من حدودِها والعجمُ

فالبحرُ من حدودِها والعجمُ

Yet she is hemmed in on every side by unbelievers:

But it is hemmed in by unbelievers on every side;

The sea and foreign lands form her frontiers.

the sea is one of its borders, and so are the foreign peoples.

لهفاً على أندلُسٍ من جَنَّةٍ

لهفاً على أندلُسٍ من جَنَّةٍ

دارتْ بها منَ العدا جهنمُ

دارتْ بها منَ العدا جهنمُ

Alas for al-Andalus, once a garden

Alas for Andalus—what a paradise,

Around which the enemy has made a hell revolve.

encircled by a hell of enemies!

استخلصَ الكفارُ منها مُدناً

استخلصَ الكفارُ منها مُدناً

لكلِّ ذي دين عليها ندمُ

لكلِّ ذي دين عليها ندمُ

The unbelievers have wrested cities from her—

The unbelievers seized cities from it,

A grief to everyone possessed of faith.

over which every person of faith grieves.

قرطبةُ هي التي تبكي لها

قرطبةُ هي التي تبكي لها

مكةُ حزناً والصفا وزمزم

مكةُ حزناً والصفا وزمزم

Córdoba—it is she for whom

Córdoba is the city for which

Mecca weeps in sorrow, with al-Safa and Zamzam.

Mecca weeps in sorrow, and al-Safa and Zamzam.

وحمّص وهي اُخت بغداد وما

وحمّص وهي اُخت بغداد وما

أيامُها إلا الصبا والحلم

أيامُها إلا الصبا والحلم

And Homs, sister to Baghdad—her days

And Hims, Baghdad's sister, whose

Were nothing but youth and dreams.

days are nothing but youth and dreams.

استخلصوها موضعاً فموضعاً

استخلصوها موضعاً فموضعاً

واقتدروا واحتكموا وانتقموا

واقتدروا واحتكموا وانتقموا

They seized her, place after place,

They seized it, place after place,

Grew powerful, ruled at will, and took revenge.

and gained power, ruled at will, and took revenge.

وقتّلوا ومثّلوا وأسّروا

وقتّلوا ومثّلوا وأسّروا

وأثكلوا وأيتموا وأيّموا

وأثكلوا وأيتموا وأيّموا

They killed, mutilated, and took captive;

They massacred, mutilated, and took captives;

They bereaved, orphaned, and made women widows.

they bereaved parents, orphaned children, and widowed spouses.

أيام كانَ الخوفُ من أعوانهم

أيام كانَ الخوفُ من أعوانهم

والجوعُ والفتنةُ وهي أعظمُ

والجوعُ والفتنةُ وهي أعظمُ

Those were days when fear itself assisted them,

In days when fear was among their allies,

With hunger and civil strife—the greatest scourge.

with hunger and strife—strife more grievous still—

حتى إذا لم يبق من حياتها

حتى إذا لم يبق من حياتها

إلا ذماءٌ تدّعيه الذِممُ

إلا ذماءٌ تدّعيه الذِممُ

Until, of all her life, nothing remained

until, when nothing remained of its life

But a last breath whose sanctity the covenants claimed.

but a last flicker claimed by pledges of protection,

دعوا العهودَ واعتدوا وما دروا

دعوا العهودَ واعتدوا وما دروا

بأنّها بحبلكم تعتصم

بأنّها بحبلكم تعتصم

They cast their treaties aside and attacked, not knowing

they abandoned the covenants and transgressed, unaware

That she was clinging fast to your rope.

that it clung to your rope for protection.

ظنّوا وكانَ الظنُّ منهم كاذباً

ظنّوا وكانَ الظنُّ منهم كاذباً

أنَ ليسَ للّه جنود تقدُمُ

أنَ ليسَ للّه جنود تقدُمُ

They thought—and false indeed was their thought—

They thought—and their thinking was false—

That God had no armies marching forth.

that God had no hosts marching forth.

ما صدقوا أن وراءَ البحر مَنْ

ما صدقوا أن وراءَ البحر مَنْ

يَغْضبُ للإسلام حينَ يظلم

يَغْضبُ للإسلام حينَ يظلم

They did not believe that beyond the sea was one

They did not believe that beyond the sea were those

Who would rage when Islam suffered wrong.

who grow angry for Islam when it is wronged.

ولا دروا أن لديكم حرمةً

ولا دروا أن لديكم حرمةً

يحفظُها شبابُكم والهرمُ

يحفظُها شبابُكم والهرمُ

Nor did they know that among you was a sacred trust

Nor did they know you hold something sacred,

Preserved by your young men and your old.

which your young and your old defend.

لو عَرفوا قبائل العدوة ما

لو عَرفوا قبائل العدوة ما

عَدَوا على جيرانهم واحترموا

عَدَوا على جيرانهم واحترموا

Had they known the tribes upon the opposite shore,

Had they known the tribes of the farther shore, they would not

They would not have attacked their neighbors, but shown respect.

have attacked their neighbors, but would have shown respect.

اليومَ يدري كلُّ شيطانٍ بها

اليومَ يدري كلُّ شيطانٍ بها

أن قد رمتهم بالشعاع الأنجمُ

أن قد رمتهم بالشعاع الأنجمُ

Today every devil among them knows

Today every devil there knows

That the stars have struck them with their blazing rays.

that the stars have pelted them with rays.

تقدّمتْ نجومُهم طليعةً

تقدّمتْ نجومُهم طليعةً

من نحوكم أخطاهم التقدمُ

من نحوكم أخطاهم التقدمُ

Their stars advanced as a vanguard,

Their stars advanced as a vanguard

But from your direction their advance went astray.

from your direction; precedence eluded them.

فانتصفوا للدينِ من أعدائه

فانتصفوا للدينِ من أعدائه

واقترعُوا عليهم واقتسموا

واقترعُوا عليهم واقتسموا

So they exacted justice for the faith from its enemies,

So they won redress for the faith against its enemies,

Cast lots over them, and divided them among themselves.

and cast lots over them and divided them among themselves.

وامتلأتْ أيديهم من السبا

وامتلأتْ أيديهم من السبا

وأحسبتهم يَعَمٌ ونعَمُ

وأحسبتهم يَعَمٌ ونعَمُ

Their hands were filled with captives and spoils,

Their hands were filled with captives,

And I reckon them abundance, riches, and herds.

and [bounties?] and livestock supplied them amply.

يا أهل هذيْ الأرض ما أخركم

يا أهل هذيْ الأرض ما أخركم

عنْهم وأنتمْ في الأمور أحزمُ

عنْهم وأنتمْ في الأمور أحزمُ

O people of this land, what has delayed you

O people of this land, what held you back

From aiding them, though you are firmest in affairs?

behind them, though you are more resolute in affairs?

تسابق الناسُ إلى مواطنٍ

تسابق الناسُ إلى مواطنٍ

الأجرُ فيها وافرُ والمغنمُ

الأجرُ فيها وافرُ والمغنمُ

The people raced toward fields

People raced one another toward places

Where reward is plentiful and booty abundant.

where reward is abundant, and so are the spoils.

فغزوا الكفارَ في ديارهمْ

فغزوا الكفارَ في ديارهمْ

وعَزَمُوا أن يهزموا فهزموا

وعَزَمُوا أن يهزموا فهزموا

They attacked the unbelievers in their own lands

They raided the unbelievers in their lands,

And resolved to defeat them—and defeated them.

and resolved to rout them—so they routed them.

فمِنْ سيوفِ في رؤوسٍ تنحني

فمِنْ سيوفِ في رؤوسٍ تنحني

ومن رماحٍ في ذرى تحطّمُ

ومن رماحٍ في ذرى تحطّمُ

How many swords fell upon bowing heads,

There were swords bending in heads,

And how many spears shattered upon the heights!

and spears splintering in their crowns.

وقامتِ الحربُ على ساقٍ فما

وقامتِ الحربُ على ساقٍ فما

زلّتْ لأهل الصدّق منهُم قدمُ

زلّتْ لأهل الصدّق منهُم قدمُ

War rose raging upon its leg, yet

War stood upon its leg, yet

Not one truthful man among them lost his footing.

no foot of the truthful among them slipped.

باعوا من اللّه الكريم أنفساً

باعوا من اللّه الكريم أنفساً

كريمةً ففاض منها الحكمُ

كريمةً ففاض منها الحكمُ

They sold to generous God noble souls—

They sold souls to God, the Generous—

Noble indeed—and wisdom overflowed from them.

noble souls, from which wisdom overflowed.

دعاهُم اللهُ إلى رحمتِه

دعاهُم اللهُ إلى رحمتِه

فاجتمعوا ببابه وازدحموا

فاجتمعوا ببابه وازدحموا

God called them into His mercy,

God called them to His mercy,

So they gathered at His gate and thronged it.

so they gathered at His door and crowded together.

ميِّتهم قد قَرَّ في رحمته

ميِّتهم قد قَرَّ في رحمته

وحيّهم بين يديهم يخدمُ

وحيّهم بين يديهم يخدمُ

Their dead have settled within His mercy,

Their fallen have found rest in His mercy;

While their living serve before them.

their living serve before them,

يَضربُ بالسيفِ فيُرضي ربَّه

يَضربُ بالسيفِ فيُرضي ربَّه

وفي رضا الربِّ النعيمُ الأدوم

وفي رضا الربِّ النعيمُ الأدوم

He strikes with the sword and thereby pleases his Lord,

striking with the sword and pleasing their Lord.

And in the Lord’s pleasure is everlasting bliss.

In the Lord's pleasure lies the most enduring bliss.

أخرجه من بيته إيمانُه

أخرجه من بيته إيمانُه

وحبُّه في فعلِ ما يُقدّم

وحبُّه في فعلِ ما يُقدّم

Faith brought him forth from his home,

His faith brought him out of his home,

As did his love of doing what he offers up.

and his love of doing what he sends ahead.

ما همُّه إلا قتالُ أمةٍ

ما همُّه إلا قتالُ أمةٍ

يُكبر عيسى قولهم ومريم

يُكبر عيسى قولهم ومريم

His sole concern is to fight a nation

His only concern is fighting a people

Whose doctrine Jesus and Mary deem monstrous:

whose words Jesus and Mary deem monstrous,

تشرك باللّه وتدعو معه

تشرك باللّه وتدعو معه

خلقاً يصحُّ جسمُه ويسقم

خلقاً يصحُّ جسمُه ويسقم

It associates partners with God and invokes beside Him

who ascribe partners to God and invoke alongside Him

A created being whose body is healthy and falls sick.

a creature whose body is healthy and falls ill,

وتدّعي أن له صاحبةً

وتدّعي أن له صاحبةً

وابناً ولا صاحبةُ ولا ابنم

وابناً ولا صاحبةُ ولا ابنم

It claims that He possesses a consort

and claim that He has a consort

And a son—though He has neither consort nor son.

and a son, though He has neither consort nor son.

لم يُثنهْ عن عزمِه أهلُ ولا

لم يُثنهْ عن عزمِه أهلُ ولا

مالُ ولا خوفُ نعيم يُعدم

مالُ ولا خوفُ نعيم يُعدم

Neither family deterred him from his purpose, nor

Neither family turned him from his resolve, nor

Wealth, nor fear that some delight might be lost.

wealth, nor fear of comforts being lost.

كيفَ وعدن تحتَ ظلِ سيفه

كيفَ وعدن تحتَ ظلِ سيفه

والحورُ عن يمينه تُسلّم

والحورُ عن يمينه تُسلّم

How near is Eden beneath the shadow of his sword,

How could they, when Eden lies beneath his sword's shadow,

While the houris greet him at his right hand!

and the houris greet him at his right hand,

واللهُ راضٍ عنه والخلقُ له

واللهُ راضٍ عنه والخلقُ له

يدعونَ مهما كبّروا وأحرموا

يدعونَ مهما كبّروا وأحرموا

God is pleased with him, and all creation prays for him

and God is pleased with him, and people

Whenever the warriors proclaim God’s greatness and consecrate themselves.

pray for him whenever they proclaim God's greatness and enter consecration?

إخواننا ماذا القعود بعدهم

إخواننا ماذا القعود بعدهم

أفي ضمانِ اللّه مايُتهم

أفي ضمانِ اللّه مايُتهم

Our brothers, why this sitting still after them?

Our brothers, why remain idle after them?

Is God’s guarantee something to be doubted?

Is there anything in God's guarantee to doubt?

هلْ هيَ إلا جنةٌ مضمونةٌ

هلْ هيَ إلا جنةٌ مضمونةٌ

أو عودةُ صاحبُها مُكرّم

أو عودةُ صاحبُها مُكرّم

There is nothing but a guaranteed Garden,

Is it anything but a guaranteed paradise,

Or a return whose bearer is honored.

or a return, with the returning man held in honor?

حدّوا السلاحَ وانفروا وسارعوا

حدّوا السلاحَ وانفروا وسارعوا

إلى الذي من ربّكم وعُدتم

إلى الذي من ربّكم وعُدتم

Sharpen your weapons, march out, and hasten

Sharpen your weapons, march forth, and hasten

Toward that which your Lord has promised you.

to what you have been promised by your Lord.

إن أمامَ البحر من إخوانكم

إن أمامَ البحر من إخوانكم

خلقاً لهم تلفّت إليكم

خلقاً لهم تلفّت إليكم

Across the sea are brothers of yours—

Indeed, beyond the sea are some of your brothers,

A people whose longing turns continually toward you.

a multitude turning their gaze toward you.

ونحوكم عيونُهم ناظرةٌ

ونحوكم عيونُهم ناظرةٌ

لا تطعمُ النومَ وكيفَ تطعمُ

لا تطعمُ النومَ وكيفَ تطعمُ

Their eyes are looking in your direction;

Their eyes are gazing in your direction,

They taste no sleep—and how could they taste it?

tasting no sleep—and how could they taste it?

والرومُ قد همّت بهمْ وما لهمْ

والرومُ قد همّت بهمْ وما لهمْ

سواكُم رداً فأين الهمم

سواكُم رداً فأين الهمم

The Romans have designs upon them, and they have

The Romans have designs on them, and they have

None but you to repel them—where, then, is resolve?

no defense but you—where, then, is your resolve?

كلُّهم ينظرُ في أطفالِه

كلُّهم ينظرُ في أطفالِه

ودمعُه من الحذار يسجم

ودمعُه من الحذار يسجم

Each of them looks upon his children

Each of them looks at his children,

While tears stream down his face from fear.

and his tears stream from dread.

أينَ المفرُّ لا مفرّ إنما

أينَ المفرُّ لا مفرّ إنما

هو الغياثُ أو إسار أودم

هو الغياثُ أو إسار أودم

Where is escape? There is no escape: it is only

Where is escape? There is no escape; there is only

Rescue—or captivity and blood.

rescue, or captivity, or bloodshed.

يا ربِّ وفقنا وألهمنا لما

يا ربِّ وفقنا وألهمنا لما

فيهِ لنا الخيرُ فأنتَ المُلهمُ

فيهِ لنا الخيرُ فأنتَ المُلهمُ

O Lord, grant us success and inspire us toward

O Lord, guide us aright and inspire us toward what

What holds our good, for You are the Inspirer.

holds good for us, for You are the Inspirer.

يا ربِّ أصلحْ حالَنا وبالنا

يا ربِّ أصلحْ حالَنا وبالنا

أنتَ بما فيه الصلاحُ أعلمُ

أنتَ بما فيه الصلاحُ أعلمُ

O Lord, set right our condition and our minds;

O Lord, set right our condition and our affairs;

You know best wherein their rightness lies.

You know best what brings well-being.

يا ربِّ وانصرنا على أعدائنا

يا ربِّ وانصرنا على أعدائنا

يا ربِّ واعصمنا فأنت تعصم

يا ربِّ واعصمنا فأنت تعصم

O Lord, give us victory over our enemies;

O Lord, grant us victory over our enemies;

O Lord, preserve us, for You are the Preserver.

O Lord, safeguard us, for You grant protection.

يا ربّنا ما داؤنا شيءُ سوى

يا ربّنا ما داؤنا شيءُ سوى

ذنوبنا فارحمْ فأنت ترحمُ

ذنوبنا فارحمْ فأنت ترحمُ

O our Lord, our sickness is nothing other than

O our Lord, our disease is nothing but

Our sins—so show mercy, for You are the Merciful.

our sins: have mercy, for You show mercy.