لَو كُنتُ في ريمانَ تَحرُسُ بابَهُ

لَو كُنتُ في ريمانَ تَحرُسُ بابَهُ

أَراجيلُ أَحبوشٌ وَأَغضَفُ آلفُ

أَراجيلُ أَحبوشٌ وَأَغضَفُ آلفُ

Were I in Raymān, its gate guarded

If I were in Rayman, its gate guarded

If I were in Rimān guarding its gate

by companies of Abyssinian foot soldiers and a tame, drooping-eared lion,

by a mixed band of foot soldiers and a tame, droop-eared dog,

With alarms of lovebirds and friendly allies

إِذَن لَأَتَتني حَيثُ كُنتُ مَنِيَّتي

إِذَن لَأَتَتني حَيثُ كُنتُ مَنِيَّتي

يَخُبُّ بِها هادٍ بِأَمرِيَ قائِفُ

يَخُبُّ بِها هادٍ بِأَمرِيَ قائِفُ

then my appointed death would reach me wherever I might be,

then my death would surely come to me wherever I was,

My wishes would come to me wherever I was

a guide—a tracker charged with finding me—hastening along bearing it.

a guide trotting with it, a tracker versed in my affairs.

A guide finding me by my command

فَمِن رَهبَةٍ آتي المَتالِفَ سادِراً

فَمِن رَهبَةٍ آتي المَتالِفَ سادِراً

وَأَيَّةُ أَرضٍ لَيسَ فيها مَتالِفُ

وَأَيَّةُ أَرضٍ لَيسَ فيها مَتالِفُ

So, out of fear, I go heedlessly into deadly perils;

So out of fear I approach deadly places, heedless—

So in awe I come to the ally progressing

and what land is without deadly perils?

and what land has no deadly places?

And what land is there without an ally?