لا يَرُعكَ الحَيُّ إِن قيلَ هَلَك

لا يَرُعكَ الحَيُّ إِن قيلَ هَلَك

أَخَذَ المِقدارُ مِنّا وَتَرَك

أَخَذَ المِقدارُ مِنّا وَتَرَك

Do not be alarmed for the clan if it is said to have perished.

The living will not alarm you if it's said he perished,

Fate took some of us and left others.

Fate took from us and left.

أُنظُري تَرضَي بَقايا قَومِنا

أُنظُري تَرضَي بَقايا قَومِنا

إِن جَلا اليَومُ غُبارَ المُعتَرَك

إِن جَلا اليَومُ غُبارَ المُعتَرَك

Look, and you will be pleased with the remnants of our people,

Look with acceptance at our people's remnants,

if the day clears away the battlefield's dust.

If today's dust cleared from the battlefield.

أَخَذوا الشَطرَ الَّذي أَبقى الرَدى

أَخَذوا الشَطرَ الَّذي أَبقى الرَدى

ثُمَّ قالوا عَن قَليلٍ هُوَ لَك

ثُمَّ قالوا عَن قَليلٍ هُوَ لَك

They took the half that death had spared,

They took the portion that fate left,

then said, "Soon it will be yours."

Then said of the little, "It's yours."

أَبتَغي عَدلَ زَمانٍ قاسِطٍ

أَبتَغي عَدلَ زَمانٍ قاسِطٍ

إِنَّما الناسُ عَلى دينِ المَلِك

إِنَّما الناسُ عَلى دينِ المَلِك

I seek justice from an unjust age;

I seek justice from an unjust time,

people follow only the king's creed.

For people follow the faith of the king.

باخِلٌ إِن ضافَهُ الحَقُّ فَلا

باخِلٌ إِن ضافَهُ الحَقُّ فَلا

أَعتَقَ المالَ وَلا العَرضَ مَلَك

أَعتَقَ المالَ وَلا العَرضَ مَلَك

A miser: if justice comes to him as a guest, he neither

If the truth hosts a miser, he will not

sets his wealth free nor keeps his honor.

Free either money or honor.