وَما كُنتُ أَخشى أَن يُرى الذُلُّ فيكمُ

وَما كُنتُ أَخشى أَن يُرى الذُلُّ فيكمُ

بَني عَبدِ شَمسٍ جيرَتي وَالأَقارِبِ

بَني عَبدِ شَمسٍ جيرَتي وَالأَقارِبِ

Never did I fear that humiliation would be seen among you—

I never feared that humiliation would be seen among you,

O sons of ʿAbd Shams, my neighbors and my kin.

sons of ʿAbd Shams, my neighbors and kinsmen,

جَميعاً فَلا زالَت عَليكُم عَظيمَةٌ

جَميعاً فَلا زالَت عَليكُم عَظيمَةٌ

تَعُمُّ وَتَدعو أَهلَها بِالجَباجِبِ

تَعُمُّ وَتَدعو أَهلَها بِالجَباجِبِ

All of you! May a mighty calamity never leave you,

all of you—may a grievous calamity never leave you,

sweeping over all and summoning its people at al-Jabājib.

engulfing all and summoning its people with drums.

أَراكُم جَميعاً خاذِلينَ فَذاهِبٌ

أَراكُم جَميعاً خاذِلينَ فَذاهِبٌ

عَنِ النَصرِ مِنّا أَو غَوٍ مُتَجانِبِ

عَنِ النَصرِ مِنّا أَو غَوٍ مُتَجانِبِ

I see you all abandoning me: one turns

I see you all withholding aid—either turning away

away from aiding us, or, gone astray, holds aloof.

from coming to our aid, or misguided and keeping aloof.