إِن كُنتِ كارِهَةً مَعيشَتَنا

إِن كُنتِ كارِهَةً مَعيشَتَنا

هاتي فَحُلّي في بَني بَدرِ

هاتي فَحُلّي في بَني بَدرِ

If you dislike our way of life,

If you are weary of our life together

Come, then settle among the sons of Badr.

Bring your belongings to Bani Badr's abode

جاوَرتُهُم زَمَنَ الفَسادِ فَنِعمَ

جاوَرتُهُم زَمَنَ الفَسادِ فَنِعمَ

الحَيُّ في العَوصاءِ وَاليُسرِ

الحَيُّ في العَوصاءِ وَاليُسرِ

I lived among them in troubled times—and how fine

I dwelled with them in days of wickedness, yet it was good

A clan they are in hardship and ease!

To live in hardship and in ease

فَسُقيتُ بِالماءِ النُمَيرِ وَلَم

فَسُقيتُ بِالماءِ النُمَيرِ وَلَم

أَترُك أَواطِسَ حَمأَةِ الجَفرِ

أَترُك أَواطِسَ حَمأَةِ الجَفرِ

So I was given pure water to drink, and was not

I was given water from Al-Numayr to drink and did not

Left to tread through the black mud of the broad well.

Leave the basin of bitter Al-Jafr

وَدُعيتُ في أولي النَدِيِّ وَلَم

وَدُعيتُ في أولي النَدِيِّ وَلَم

يُنظَر إِلَيَّ بِأَعيُنٍ خُزرِ

يُنظَر إِلَيَّ بِأَعيُنٍ خُزرِ

And I was invited among the men of the assembly, and was not

And I was called to the virtuous ones and was not

Looked upon with hostile, sidelong eyes.

Looked upon with greenish eyes

الضارِبينَ لَدى أَعِنَّتِهِم

الضارِبينَ لَدى أَعِنَّتِهِم

الطاعِنينَ وَخَيلُهُم تَجري

الطاعِنينَ وَخَيلُهُم تَجري

Those who strike blows beside their reins,

By those who strike with their spears

Who thrust with spears while their horses gallop,

And their horses run

وَالخالِطينَ نَحيتَهُم بِنُضارِهِم

وَالخالِطينَ نَحيتَهُم بِنُضارِهِم

وَذوي الغِنى مِنهُم بِذي الفَقرِ

وَذوي الغِنى مِنهُم بِذي الفَقرِ

And mingle their outsiders with their true-born kin,

And those who mingle, I approached their vigor

And the wealthy among them with the poor.

And the wealthy among them, the poor