لا باركَ اللهُ في قاشانَ من بلدٍ

لا باركَ اللهُ في قاشانَ من بلدٍ

زُرَّت على اللُّؤمِ والبلوى بَنائِقُهُ

زُرَّت على اللُّؤمِ والبلوى بَنائِقُهُ

May God never bless Kashan, that town,

May Allah not bless the lands of Qashan

whose shirt-collars were buttoned over baseness and affliction.

Whose towers were built with injustice and tyranny

ولا سَقى أرضَ قُمٍّ غَيرُ مُلتَهبٍ

ولا سَقى أرضَ قُمٍّ غَيرُ مُلتَهبٍ

غضبان تُحرِقُ مَن فيها صَواعِقُهُ

غضبان تُحرِقُ مَن فيها صَواعِقُهُ

And may Qom's land be watered only by a blazing,

Nor may he water the lands of Qum

wrathful cloud whose thunderbolts burn whoever is there.

Which wrathfully burn those within it with lightning

وأرضُ ساوةَ أرضٌ ما بها أحدٌ

وأرضُ ساوةَ أرضٌ ما بها أحدٌ

يُرجَى نداه ولا تُخشَى بَوائِقُهُ

يُرجَى نداه ولا تُخشَى بَوائِقُهُ

And Sawa's land is a land where there is no one

The land of Sawa is a land with no one in it

whose bounty is hoped for or whose evil deeds are feared.

Whose aid is hoped for or whose peaks are feared

فاضرط عليها إلى قزوينَ ضرطَ فتىً

فاضرط عليها إلى قزوينَ ضرطَ فتىً

تُجَدُّ مِن كُلِّ ما فِيها عَلائِقُهُ

تُجَدُّ مِن كُلِّ ما فِيها عَلائِقُهُ

So fart upon it as you head for Qazvin—the fart of a youth

So march onto it towards Qazvin with the march of a young man

whose ties are severed from all that is within it.

And you will find severed in it all its dependencies