أَرى أُمَّنا وَالحَمدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّنا

أَرى أُمَّنا وَالحَمدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّنا

يَهُبُّ عَلَينا بِالحَوادِثِ مورُها

يَهُبُّ عَلَينا بِالحَوادِثِ مورُها

I see our mother—and praise be to God, our Lord—

I see our mother, and praise be to Allah our Lord

As her surge sweeps over us with calamities.

Blowing at us with the winds of her events

فَما زيدَ مِنها قَبضَةَ الكَفِّ زَبدُها

فَما زيدَ مِنها قَبضَةَ الكَفِّ زَبدُها

وَلا عَمِرَت فيها لِخَيرٍ عُمورُها

وَلا عَمِرَت فيها لِخَيرٍ عُمورُها

So not a palmful has been added to her foam,

So whatever she increased in the palm's grasp is its foam

Nor have her gums flourished within her for any good.

And her dwellings were not inhabited for good in it

وَلَم تَدرِ يَوماً ضَأنُها وَمَعيزُها

وَلَم تَدرِ يَوماً ضَأنُها وَمَعيزُها

بِما اِحتَلَفَت آسادُها وَنُمورُها

بِما اِحتَلَفَت آسادُها وَنُمورُها

Her sheep and her goats have never known

And its sheep and goats never knew

What her lions and her leopards have sworn to together.

What its lions and leopards disputed

تَشَتَّتَ فيها رَأيُنا وَتَوَفَقَّت

تَشَتَّتَ فيها رَأيُنا وَتَوَفَقَّت

عَلى ريبَةٍ أَمواهُها وَخُمورُها

عَلى ريبَةٍ أَمواهُها وَخُمورُها

Our judgment scattered within her, while there was agreement

Our opinion in it was scattered, and its

On a dubious purpose between her waters and her wines.

Intoxicants and wines agreed

تَوامَرُ فيما لا يَحِلُّ نُفوسُنا

تَوامَرُ فيما لا يَحِلُّ نُفوسُنا

بِتَيهاءَ لا تُخفى عَلَينا أُمورُها

بِتَيهاءَ لا تُخفى عَلَينا أُمورُها

Our souls conspire in what is unlawful,

On suspicion, we cannot bear in our souls

In a trackless waste whose affairs are not hidden from us.

In obscenity, its affairs are not hidden from us