ياO ضَيعَةَloss الدُنياthe world وَضَيعَةَand loss أَهلِهاits people
يا ضَيعَةَ الدُنيا وَضَيعَةَ أَهلِها
وَالمُسلِمينَand the Muslims وَدَيعَةَan entrusted charge الإِسلامِIslam
وَالمُسلِمينَ وَدَيعَةَ الإِسلامِ
O the loss of the world and the loss of its people,
O village of this world and village of its people
And of the Muslims, Islam’s entrusted charge!
And the Muslims, the trust of Islam
طُلِبَتwere sought ذُحولُblood-debts الشُركِidolatry فيin أَرضِthe land of الهُدىguidance
طُلِبَت ذُحولُ الشُركِ في أَرضِ الهُدى
بَينَamid المِدادِthe ink وَأَلسُنِand the tongues of الأَقلامِthe pens
بَينَ المِدادِ وَأَلسُنِ الأَقلامِ
Idolatry’s blood-debts were sought in the land of guidance,
The darkness of polytheism was sought in the land of guidance
Amid the ink and the tongues of pens.
Between the inkwells and pens’ tongues
هَذاthis is اِبنُson of يوسُفَYusuf فيin يَدَيthe two hands of أَعدائِهِhis enemies
هَذا اِبنُ يوسُفَ في يَدَي أَعدائِهِ
يُجزيis repaid عَلىfor الأَيّامِthe days بِالأَيّامِwith the days
يُجزي عَلى الأَيّامِ بِالأَيّامِ
This is Ibn Yusuf in the hands of his enemies,
This is the son of Yusuf in the hands of his enemies
Repaid for days with days.
Repaid over days with days
نامَتslept بَنوthe sons of العَبّاسِal-Abbas عَنهُheedless of him وَلَمand not تَكُنshe would have been
نامَت بَنو العَبّاسِ عَنهُ وَلَم تَكُن
عَنهُheedless of him أُمَيَّةُUmayya لَوif رَعَتshe had cared بِنِيامِasleep
عَنهُ أُمَيَّةُ لَو رَعَت بِنِيامِ
The sons of al-Abbas slept heedless of him; but not so would
The Abbasids slept away from him though not
Umayya have slept heedless of him, had she cared.
The Umayyads, had they kept their sleep
Sol 6.1