يَاO أَيُّهَاyou (vocative) المَلِكُthe king المنصورُal-Mansur; the victorious مِنthrough يَمَنٍgood fortune
يَا أَيُّهَا المَلِكُ المنصورُ مِن يَمَنٍ
وَالمُبتَنيand the builder of نَسَباًa lineage غَيرَother than الذيthat which انتَسَبَاhe traced his descent to
وَالمُبتَني نَسَباً غَيرَ الذي انتَسَبَا
O King al-Mansur, victorious through good fortune,
O King Mansur victorious from Yemen
And builder of a lineage other than the one you descend from,
Of lineage founded not on false pretense
بِغَزوَةٍthrough a campaign فيin قُلُوبِthe hearts of الشِّركِidolatry رَاتِعَةٍgrazing
بِغَزوَةٍ في قُلُوبِ الشِّركِ رَاتِعَةٍ
بَينَamid المَنَايَاdeaths تُنَاغِيcooing to السُّمرَthe dusky lances وَالقُضُبَاand the swords
بَينَ المَنَايَا تُنَاغِي السُّمرَ وَالقُضُبَا
Through a campaign grazing in the hearts of idolatry,
With a raid in the hearts of polytheists resting
Amid deaths, cooing to dusky lances and swords.
Between the resting places overtopping lances and staves