لَقَد بُدِّلَت نَجرانُ بَعدَ مُلوكِها

لَقَد بُدِّلَت نَجرانُ بَعدَ مُلوكِها

مَخاليفَ سوءٍ قَومُها وَنِساؤُها

مَخاليفَ سوءٍ قَومُها وَنِساؤُها

Najran, after its kings, has indeed been given

Najran has changed after its kings,

Wicked successors—its people and its women.

Its people and women are of ill repute.

وَإِن زَجَرَ الرَحمَنُ عَن مُصمَئِلَّةٍ

وَإِن زَجَرَ الرَحمَنُ عَن مُصمَئِلَّةٍ

أَتاها عَلاجيمٌ قَليلٌ حِباؤُها

أَتاها عَلاجيمٌ قَليلٌ حِباؤُها

And even if the Merciful forbids a dreadful outrage,

Though the Merciful dissuaded from evil deeds,

Hulking brutes commit it, its recompense scant.

Only a few strange tongues visit it now.

يُريدونَ أَن يُخفوا مِنَ اللَهِ لَعنَةً

يُريدونَ أَن يُخفوا مِنَ اللَهِ لَعنَةً

إِذا ما أَتَوها وَهيَ بادٍ غِطاؤُها

إِذا ما أَتَوها وَهيَ بادٍ غِطاؤُها

They wish to conceal a curse from God

They want to hide from God their shame

Whenever they commit it, though its covering is plain to see.

When they come to it naked under thin cover.

نِساأُكُمُ كَنّاتُكُم وَبَناتُكُم

نِساأُكُمُ كَنّاتُكُم وَبَناتُكُم

مَياميسُ أُحدانُ الفُلوسِ عَطاؤُها

مَياميسُ أُحدانُ الفُلوسِ عَطاؤُها

Your women—your daughters-in-law and your daughters—

Your women, your spouses, your daughters

Are harlots, their payment single copper coins.

Are tents whose pegs are dinars given for reward.