أَتَتنِيَ دِجلَةُ فيما أَتَت

أَتَتنِيَ دِجلَةُ فيما أَتَت

فَما يَصنَعُ البَحرُ ما تَصنَعُ

فَما يَصنَعُ البَحرُ ما تَصنَعُ

The Tigris reached me among all she reached;

The Tigris came to me as it came

For the sea does not do what she does.

What can the sea do that you can do?

فَكَم مِن جِدارٍ لَنا مائِلٍ

فَكَم مِن جِدارٍ لَنا مائِلٍ

وَآخَرَ يَسجُدُ أَو يَركَعُ

وَآخَرَ يَسجُدُ أَو يَركَعُ

So how many a wall of ours is leaning,

How many walls do we have leaning

And another prostrates or bows!

And others bow or kneel

وَيُمطِرُنا السَقفُ مِن بَينِنا

وَيُمطِرُنا السَقفُ مِن بَينِنا

وَمِن تَحتِنا أَعيُنٌ تَنبُعُ

وَمِن تَحتِنا أَعيُنٌ تَنبُعُ

And the roof rains on us from our midst,

The ceiling rains on us between us

And from beneath us springs well up.

And beneath us eyes well up

وَأَصبَحَ بُستانُنا جَوبَةً

وَأَصبَحَ بُستانُنا جَوبَةً

يُسَبِّحُ في مائِها الضِفدَعُ

يُسَبِّحُ في مائِها الضِفدَعُ

And our garden has become a hollow,

Our orchard has become marshes

In whose water the frog praises God.

Where frogs praise in its waters