بَني جُشَمٍ ردُّوا فؤاديَ إِنَّهُ

بَني جُشَمٍ ردُّوا فؤاديَ إِنَّهُ

بحيثُ الخدودُ البيضُ والأَعينُ النُّجْلُ

بحيثُ الخدودُ البيضُ والأَعينُ النُّجْلُ

Sons of Jusham, return my heart, for it is

O people of Jusham, return my heart, for it

where the fair cheeks and wide eyes are.

Longs for the white cheeks and the sparkling eyes.

وإِن ضلَّ عنكم فانشدوهُ على الحِمى

وإِن ضلَّ عنكم فانشدوهُ على الحِمى

فثَمَّ مكانٌ مِن فؤاديَ لا يَخلو

فثَمَّ مكانٌ مِن فؤاديَ لا يَخلو

And if it has strayed from you, seek it in the protected pasture;

And if it strays from you, call for it over the tribe,

for a spot there is never without my heart.

For in my heart there is a place that is never empty of you.

فإِن لَم تردوهُ أَقَمتُ لديكمُ

فإِن لَم تردوهُ أَقَمتُ لديكمُ

صَريعَ غرامٍ ما أُمِرُّ وما أَحلو

صَريعَ غرامٍ ما أُمِرُّ وما أَحلو

If you do not return it, I shall remain with you,

If you do not return it, I will lay down before you

laid low by passion, neither bitter nor sweet.

A slain victim of love - neither bitter nor sweet.

وإِن قُلتمُ هَلّا سلَوتَ ظَلمتُمُ

وإِن قُلتمُ هَلّا سلَوتَ ظَلمتُمُ

إِذا كانَ قَلبي عندَكم فَمتى أَسلو

إِذا كانَ قَلبي عندَكم فَمتى أَسلو

And if you say, 'Why have you not forgotten?' you wrong me;

And if you say, "Why don't you find solace?" you would wrong me,

if my heart is with you, when can I forget?

For if my heart is with you, when can I find solace?

بَني جُشَمٍ اللَّهَ اللَّهَ في دَمي

بَني جُشَمٍ اللَّهَ اللَّهَ في دَمي

فطالبهُ اللَّه الَّذي قولُه الفِعلُ

فطالبهُ اللَّه الَّذي قولُه الفِعلُ

Sons of Jusham, fear God, fear God regarding my blood!

O people of Jusham, I implore you by God, have mercy on my soul

For its avengers are God, whose word is deed,

God, whose word is action, is its seeker.

وَمُرْدٌ على جُرْدٍ بأَيدٍ تَمُدُّها

وَمُرْدٌ على جُرْدٍ بأَيدٍ تَمُدُّها

إِلى الشَّرفِ الضَّخمِ الخلائفُ والرُّسْلُ

إِلى الشَّرفِ الضَّخمِ الخلائفُ والرُّسْلُ

and beardless youths on sleek steeds, with hands stretched

And spears over coats of mail held by hands that extend

toward mighty honor by caliphs and messengers.

To the mighty honor - the successors and the messengers.

دَمٌ أُمويٌّ ليس يسكنُ فورُهُ

دَمٌ أُمويٌّ ليس يسكنُ فورُهُ

وما بعدَه إِلّا الفِرارُ أو القَتلُ

وما بعدَه إِلّا الفِرارُ أو القَتلُ

Umayyad blood, whose boiling never subsides;

It is Umayyad blood that does not cease raging,

and after it comes nothing but flight or slaughter.

And nothing comes after it but fleeing or death.

أَلم يَكُ في عثمانَ للناسِ عِبرَةٌ

أَلم يَكُ في عثمانَ للناسِ عِبرَةٌ

فَلا تُرخِصوهُ ضِلَّة إِنَّه يغلو

فَلا تُرخِصوهُ ضِلَّة إِنَّه يغلو

Was there not in Uthman a lesson for the people?

Was not the fate of Uthman an example for people?

So do not cheapen it in folly; it commands a high price.

So do not make his error lawful, for he transgressed.

وَلولا الهَوى سارَت إِليكم كتائبٌ

وَلولا الهَوى سارَت إِليكم كتائبٌ

يُعضِّل مِن نجديها الحَزْنُ وَالسَّهلُ

يُعضِّل مِن نجديها الحَزْنُ وَالسَّهلُ

And but for love, battalions would have marched against you,

Were it not for passion, battalions would have marched to you,

whose Najdi contingent would choke rugged ground and plain.

Saddened by the sorrow and the easy ground.

ولم أَستَطِبْ شَمَّ العَرارِ ولا أَتى

ولم أَستَطِبْ شَمَّ العَرارِ ولا أَتى

بيَ الرَّملُ حبِّي أَهلَهُ سُقِيَ الرَّملُ

بيَ الرَّملُ حبِّي أَهلَهُ سُقِيَ الرَّملُ

Nor would I have relished the scent of ʿarār flowers, nor would

But I could not bear the scent of camel-hair tents, nor did

my love for its people have brought me to the sands—may the sands be watered!

The sands bring to me the people of my love - may the sands be watered.