يَاO أَيُّهَاyou (vocative) المَلِكُthe king المنصورُal-Mansur (the victorious) مِنfrom يَمَنٍYemen
يَا أَيُّهَا المَلِكُ المنصورُ مِن يَمَنٍ
وَالمُبتَنيand the builder نَسَباًa lineage غَيرَother than الذيthe one that انتَسَبَاhe traced his descent to
وَالمُبتَني نَسَباً غَيرَ الذي انتَسَبَا
O King al-Mansur, from Yemen,
O you the victorious king from Yemen
And you who build a lineage other than the one you descended from,
And the one of noble lineage not falsely claimed
بِغَزوَةٍthrough a raid فيin قُلُوبِthe hearts of الشِّركِpolytheism رَاتِعَةٍgrazing freely
بِغَزوَةٍ في قُلُوبِ الشِّركِ رَاتِعَةٍ
بَينَamid المَنَايَاdeaths تُنَاغِيcooing to السُّمرَthe tawny spears وَالقُضُبَاand the swords
بَينَ المَنَايَا تُنَاغِي السُّمرَ وَالقُضُبَا
Through a raid grazing freely in the hearts of polytheism,
With an onslaught in the hearts of polytheists raging
Amid deaths, cooing to the tawny spears and swords.
Death vies with spears and lances amidst the fray