كُلُّ البِلادِ ذَميمٌ لا مُقامَ بِهِ

كُلُّ البِلادِ ذَميمٌ لا مُقامَ بِهِ

وَإِن حَلَلتَ دِيارَ الوَبلِ وَالرَهَمِ

وَإِن حَلَلتَ دِيارَ الوَبلِ وَالرَهَمِ

Every land is blameworthy, no place to abide,

All lands are worthless, no home therein,

Even if you settle in lands of downpours and gentle rain.

Even if you settle in the lush meadows.

إِنَّ الحِجازَ عَنِ الخَيراتِ مُحتَجِزٌ

إِنَّ الحِجازَ عَنِ الخَيراتِ مُحتَجِزٌ

وَما تِهامَةُ إِلّا مَعدِنُ التُهَمِ

وَما تِهامَةُ إِلّا مَعدِنُ التُهَمِ

Indeed, the Hijaz is cut off from good things,

Hejaz withholds all goodness,

And Tihamah is nothing but a mine of accusations.

While Tihama is but a mine of blame.

وَالشَأمُ شُؤمٌ وَلَيسَ اليُمنُ في يَمَنٍ

وَالشَأمُ شُؤمٌ وَلَيسَ اليُمنُ في يَمَنٍ

وَيَثرِبُ الآنَ تَثريبٌ عَلى الفَهِمِ

وَيَثرِبُ الآنَ تَثريبٌ عَلى الفَهِمِ

And al-Sham is an ill omen, and good fortune is not in Yemen,

Syria bodes ill, and Yemen's not as hoped,

And Yathrib is now a reproach to the discerning.

And Yathrib now confounds all reason.