يَعِبنَ مَوتاهُمُ بِأَحيائِهِم

يَعِبنَ مَوتاهُمُ بِأَحيائِهِم

كَما يُعابُ الحَيُّ بِالمَيّتِ

كَما يُعابُ الحَيُّ بِالمَيّتِ

They disparage their dead on account of their living,

Their deaths lament their lives

just as the living are disparaged on account of the dead.

As the living are blamed for the dead

قَولُكُمُ زورٌ وَقَولي لَكُم

قَولُكُمُ زورٌ وَقَولي لَكُم

يَبقى بَقاءَ الجَبَلِ المُصمَتِ

يَبقى بَقاءَ الجَبَلِ المُصمَتِ

Your words are falsehood, and my words to you

Your words are lies while mine to you

endure as the solid mountain endures.

Remain like a silent mountain’s stay