مَوْلَايَ إِنَّا في جِوَارِكَ خَمْسَةٌ

مَوْلَايَ إِنَّا في جِوَارِكَ خَمْسَةٌ

بِتْنَا بِبَيْتٍ ما بِهِ مِصْباحُ

بِتْنَا بِبَيْتٍ ما بِهِ مِصْباحُ

My lord, there are five of us in your neighborhood.

My Master, we are five in your neighborhood

We spent the night in a house with no lamp.

We took a house with no lamp in it

مَا فِيهِ لا لَحْمٌ وَلا خُبْزٌ وَلَا

مَا فِيهِ لا لَحْمٌ وَلا خُبْزٌ وَلَا

مَاءٌ وَلاَ شَيْءٌ لَهُ نَرْتَاحُ

مَاءٌ وَلاَ شَيْءٌ لَهُ نَرْتَاحُ

In it there is no meat, nor bread, nor

No meat in it, or bread, or

water, nor anything in which we find comfort.

Water, or anything we find comfort in

كُلٌّ تراهُ مِنَ الكآبةِ والطَّوَى

كُلٌّ تراهُ مِنَ الكآبةِ والطَّوَى

شَبَحاً فَنَحْنُ الخَمْسةُ الأَشْباحُ

شَبَحاً فَنَحْنُ الخَمْسةُ الأَشْباحُ

You see each of us, from sorrow and hunger,

You see each one with gloom and fatigue

as a ghost—so we are the five ghosts.

So we are the five ghosts

مَا فَاتَنَا إِلَّا التَّجَلُّلَ بِالعَبا

مَا فَاتَنَا إِلَّا التَّجَلُّلَ بِالعَبا

فَجُسُومُنَا لَعِبَتْ بِهَا الأَرْيَاحُ

فَجُسُومُنَا لَعِبَتْ بِهَا الأَرْيَاحُ

All we lacked was to wrap ourselves in cloaks;

We have nothing left but our tattered clothes

for the winds have toyed with our bodies.

Which the winds playfully toss about