إِذا أَدَّيتِني وَحَمَلتِ رَحلي

إِذا أَدَّيتِني وَحَمَلتِ رَحلي

مَسيرَةَ أَربَعٍ بَعدَ الحِساءِ

مَسيرَةَ أَربَعٍ بَعدَ الحِساءِ

If you bring me to my destination and carry my saddle,

When you lead me and carry my belongings

a four-night journey beyond al-Hisā’,

On a journey of four miles after supper

فَشَأنُكِ أَنعُمٌ وَخَلاكِ ذَمٌّ

فَشَأنُكِ أَنعُمٌ وَخَلاكِ ذَمٌّ

وَلا أَرجِع إِلى أَهلي وَرائي

وَلا أَرجِع إِلى أَهلي وَرائي

then go your way, An‘um; you are free of blame.

Your treatment of me is most kind, while to abandon me would be blameworthy,

And I shall not return to my family behind me;

And I shall not return to my family behind me.

وَجاءَ المُسلِمونَ وَغادَروني

وَجاءَ المُسلِمونَ وَغادَروني

بِأَرضِ الشامِ مُشتَهِيَ الثَواءِ

بِأَرضِ الشامِ مُشتَهِيَ الثَواءِ

and the Muslims will come back and leave me

The Muslims came and left me

in the land of al-Shām, longing to remain.

In the land of Syria, longing for rest,

وَرَدَّكِ كُلُّ ذي نَسَبٍ قَريبٍ

وَرَدَّكِ كُلُّ ذي نَسَبٍ قَريبٍ

إِلى الرَحمَنِ مُنقَطِعَ الإِخاءِ

إِلى الرَحمَنِ مُنقَطِعَ الإِخاءِ

And every close kinsman will return you

While every close relative has denied me

to the All-Merciful, with the bonds of brotherhood severed.

Before the Merciful, severing all brotherhood.

هُنالِكَ لا أُبالي طَلعَ بَعلٍ

هُنالِكَ لا أُبالي طَلعَ بَعلٍ

وَلا نَخلٍ أَسافِلُها رِواءِ

وَلا نَخلٍ أَسافِلُها رِواءِ

There I shall not care for the blossoms of unirrigated palms,

There I shall not care if Sirius appears,

nor for date palms whose bases are well-watered.

Nor for palms whose bases are irrigated.