لِلَّهِ دَرُّ أَبي عُما

لِلَّهِ دَرُّ أَبي عُما

رَةَ إِنَّهُ بَيتُ الخَسارَة

رَةَ إِنَّهُ بَيتُ الخَسارَة

God bless Abū ʿUmā—

To my father's house is the highest price

—rah! He is the house of loss.

Surely it is the house of loss

ما إِن سَمِعتُ وَلا رَأَي

ما إِن سَمِعتُ وَلا رَأَي

تُ طَويلَةً في رَأسِ قارَة

تُ طَويلَةً في رَأسِ قارَة

Never have I heard of, nor seen,

Never have I heard or seen

a tall one atop a hill.

A long road at the top of a headland