لقدindeed ضاعتhave been neglected رعيَّتُكمyour subjects لديكمin your care
لقد ضاعت رعيَّتُكم لديكم
تَدَرَّونyou stalk الأرانبَthe rabbits غافليناheedless
تَدَرَّون الأرانبَ غافلينا
Your subjects have indeed been neglected in your care.
Your people have strayed from you
You stalk rabbits, heedless.
While you hunt rabbits heedlessly
إذاwhen ماfor emphasis ماتdies كِسرىKisra قامَrises كسرىKisra
إذا ما مات كِسرى قامَ كسرى
نعدُّwe count ثلاثةًthree مُتَتَابعيناin succession
نعدُّ ثلاثةً مُتَتَابعينا
Whenever Kisra dies, another Kisra rises.
If Chosroes dies, another Chosroes arises
We count three in succession.
We count three in succession
وكلُّand every one of الناسِthe people نحنُwe مُبَايِعُوهpledging allegiance to him
وكلُّ الناسِ نحنُ مُبَايِعُوه
وإِنand if شئتمyou wish فعمّكمthen your uncle السميناthe fat one
وإِن شئتم فعمّكم السمينا
And anyone at all—we pledge allegiance to him,
And all the people, we are the ones who pledge allegiance to him
And, if you wish, to your fat uncle.
And if you wish, we will call your fat uncle our prince
وإنand if جئتمyou come برملةَwith Ramla أوor بِهندٍwith Hind
وإن جئتم برملةَ أو بِهندٍ
نُبَايعهاwe pledge allegiance to her أميرةَfemale commander of مؤمنيناour believers
نُبَايعها أميرةَ مؤمنينا
And if you bring Ramla or Hind,
And if you come with a female camel or an Indian
We pledge allegiance to her as commander of our believers.
We will pledge allegiance to her as Commander of the Faithful
نثبتwe uphold ملكَكُمyour kingship وإِذاand if أَرَدتُمyou intend
نثبت ملكَكُم وإِذا أَرَدتُم
بناupon us الصَّلعَاءthe crushing calamity قُلناwe say مُخبتيناhumbly submissive
بنا الصَّلعَاء قُلنا مُخبتينا
We uphold your kingship; and if you intend
We affirm your kingdom, and if you want
A crushing calamity upon us, we answer submissively.
Us to call the bald woman our ruler, we say submissively
فياso, oh لهفيmy anguish لوif only أنthat لناfor us أُنُوفاًnoses
فيا لهفي لو أن لنا أُنُوفاً
ولكنand yet لنwill not نَعودَreturn كماas غَنيناwe once lived
ولكن لن نَعودَ كما غَنينا
So, alas for me—if only we had noses!
Oh how I wish we had noses
But we shall never return to what we once were.
But we will not return as we once sang
إذاthen لضُرِبتُمyou would indeed be beaten حتَّىuntil تعودواyou return
إذا لضُرِبتُم حتَّى تعودوا
بمكةَin Mecca تَلحسونyou lick بهاin it السَّخيناthe gruel
بمكةَ تَلحسون بها السَّخينا
Then you would be beaten until you were back
If you beat us until we return
In Mecca, licking the gruel there.
To Mecca, we will lick the hot metal there
حُشِيناwe have been stuffed الغيظَrage حتَّso that لوeven if شَرِبناwe drank
حُشِينا الغيظَ حتَّ لو شَرِبنا
دِماءَthe blood of بنيthe sons of أميةUmayya ماnot رَوِيناwe quenched our thirst
دِماءَ بني أمية ما رَوِينا
We have been stuffed with rage, so that even if we drank
We have swallowed anger until if we drank
The blood of Umayya's sons, our thirst would remain unquenched.
The blood of the Banu Umayyah, we would not be sated
Sol 6.1