يا أُمَّ دَفرٍ لَو رَحَلتِ عَنِ الوَرى

يا أُمَّ دَفرٍ لَو رَحَلتِ عَنِ الوَرى

كَسَروا وَلَو مِن آلِ ضَبَّةَ كوزا

كَسَروا وَلَو مِن آلِ ضَبَّةَ كوزا

O Umm Dafr—Mother of Stench—if you left humankind,

O mother of Dafar, if only you had departed from this world

they would smash a jug—even those of Dabba's clan.

They would have broken even the cups of Ali Dabba's family

إِنّي ذَمَمتُكِ فَاِشهُري أَو أَشرِعي

إِنّي ذَمَمتُكِ فَاِشهُري أَو أَشرِعي

لا أَرهَبُ المَعمودَ وَالمَركوزا

لا أَرهَبُ المَعمودَ وَالمَركوزا

Indeed, I have reviled you; so draw your sword or level your spear.

I have had enough of you, so bare yourself or set sail

I fear neither the upraised weapon nor the planted spear.

I do not fear the baptized or the crucified

عِشتُ السَليمَ وَما عَنَيتُ سَلامَةً

عِشتُ السَليمَ وَما عَنَيتُ سَلامَةً

لَكِن بِسَمَّكِ مُرهَقاً مَنكوزا

لَكِن بِسَمَّكِ مُرهَقاً مَنكوزا

I lived as the 'sound' one—and I did not mean soundness—

I lived well and did not care for well-being

but afflicted and bitten by your venom.

But your ill-omen burdened me, bent over

موسى بَعَثتِ لِكُلِّ حَيٍّ مُعضَباً

موسى بَعَثتِ لِكُلِّ حَيٍّ مُعضَباً

فَقَضى عَلَيهِ مُعَجَّلاً موكوُزا

فَقَضى عَلَيهِ مُعَجَّلاً موكوُزا

You sent Moses, enraged, to every living being,

You sent Moses to be the bane of every living being

so he swiftly finished him off with a blow of his fist.

So he destroyed them in haste, hammered down