مَلْآنُ مِنْ أَغْبَى الْوَرَى صَفْرُو

مَلْآنُ مِنْ أَغْبَى الْوَرَى صَفْرُو

وَمِنَ الْمُرُوءَةِ وَالنُّهَى صِفْرُ

وَمِنَ الْمُرُوءَةِ وَالنُّهَى صِفْرُ

Sefrou is full of the stupidest of mortals,

A man empty of honor, virtue withdrawn

Sefrou is brimming with the most foolish of mortals,

and devoid of honor and reason.

And manliness departed, zeroed, forlorn

Yet of chivalry and wisdom, it amounts to zero.

أَبْنِيَةٌ حَفَّ الْيَهُودُ بِهَا

أَبْنِيَةٌ حَفَّ الْيَهُودُ بِهَا

فَأَخَفُّ مِنْ مَثْوىً بِهَا الأْسْرُ

فَأَخَفُّ مِنْ مَثْوىً بِهَا الأْسْرُ

Buildings surrounded by the Jews;

Structures the Jews exult in, yet inside

Buildings that are encircled by Jews,

so captivity is less burdensome than dwelling there.

More flimsy refuge than a spider's web torn

Thus captivity is lighter than residing within them.

لاَ يَخْدَعّنَّكَ حُسْنُ مَنْظَرِهِ

لاَ يَخْدَعّنَّكَ حُسْنُ مَنْظَرِهِ

مِنْ خَارِجٍ وَالرَّوْضُ وَالنَّهْرُ

مِنْ خَارِجٍ وَالرَّوْضُ وَالنَّهْرُ

Do not be deceived by the beauty of its appearance

Let not the beauty of its outward view

Let not its beautiful view deceive you

from outside, or by the garden and the river.

Deceive, of gardens and a river born

From the outside, nor its gardens and the river.

فَنَظِيرُهُ الدُّنْيَا فَظَاهِرُهَا

فَنَظِيرُهُ الدُّنْيَا فَظَاهِرُهَا

حُلْوٌ وَبَاطِنُ حُلْوِهَا مُرُّ

حُلْوٌ وَبَاطِنُ حُلْوِهَا مُرُّ

For it is like this world—its exterior

For like the world its surface is made sweet

For it is the counterpart of this world: its exterior

is sweet, yet beneath its sweetness lies bitterness—

Yet inner sweetness bitter wormwood, scorn

Is sweet, yet the core of its sweetness is bitter.

أَوْ جَنَّةُ الدَّجَّالِ تُبْصِرُهَا

أَوْ جَنَّةُ الدَّجَّالِ تُبْصِرُهَا

تَنْدَى وَفِي أَحْشَائِهَا الْجَمْرُ

تَنْدَى وَفِي أَحْشَائِهَا الْجَمْرُ

or the Dajjal's paradise, which you see

Or paradise of Dajjal, seen to bloom

Or like the paradise of the False Messiah that you behold:

dewy, though embers lie in its entrails.

With dew, inside, though, only fiery thorns

Moist with dew, while embers burn within its bowels.

يَشْتَمُّ نَتْنَ الْخُبْثِ مِنْ صَفْرُو

يَشْتَمُّ نَتْنَ الْخُبْثِ مِنْ صَفْرُو

مَنْ دَارُهُ السُّودَانُ أَوْ مِصْرُ

مَنْ دَارُهُ السُّودَانُ أَوْ مِصْرُ

The stench of wickedness from Sefrou can be smelled

As sulfur stench makes she who dwells in Sudan

The foul stench of wickedness from Sefrou can be smelled

by one whose home is Sudan or Egypt.

Or Egypt vomit, so this coward scorns

By one whose very abode is in Sudan or Egypt.