1. O my lords of Najran, I do not advise you
Regarding Najran in what has afflicted it and tried you
١. أَيا سَيِّدَي نَجرانَ لا أوصِيَنكُما
بِنَجرانَ فيما نابَها وَاِعتَراكُما
2. For if you do good and don it
Then you are worthy of that, both of you
٢. فَإِن تَفعَلا خَيراً وَتَرتَدِيا بِهِ
فَإِنَّكُما أَهلٌ لِذاكَ كِلاكُما
3. And if you suffice Najran the matter of a great woman
Then before you what your fathers have ruled
٣. وَإِن تَكفِيا نَجرانَ أَمرَ عَظيمَةٍ
فَقَبلَكُما ما سادَها أَبَواكُما
4. And if Zion brings upon you one day
Then surely the millstones of grueling war will grind you
٤. وَإِن أَجلَبَت صِهيَونُ يَوماً عَلَيكُما
فَإِنَّ رَحى الحَربِ الدَكوكِ رِحاكُما