من كان ينكر نوحاً أو سفينَتَه

من كان ينكر نوحاً أو سفينَتَه

فإن نوحاً بأمر الله قد عادا

فإن نوحاً بأمر الله قد عادا

Whoever used to deny Noah or his ark—

Whoever denied Noah or his ark

Noah has indeed returned by God's command.

For Noah by God's command has returned

حلَّ الوبالُ بعيبالٍ فمالَ به

حلَّ الوبالُ بعيبالٍ فمالَ به

يا هيبةَ الله إبراقاً وإرعادا

يا هيبةَ الله إبراقاً وإرعادا

Calamity descended upon Ebal and made it sway.

Disaster befell the sinful so it inclined towards him

Oh, God's dread majesty, in lightning and thunder!

O awe of God, flashing and thunderous

في جارفٍ كعجيج البحر ظاغيةَ

في جارفٍ كعجيج البحر ظاغيةَ

أمواجُهُ تحمل الأسواقَ امدادا

أمواجُهُ تحمل الأسواقَ امدادا

In a sweeping torrent, roaring like the sea, whose raging

In a torrent, like the roaring, raging sea

waves carry the markets away as supplies.

Its waves carrying provisions abundantly

ولا تزالُ من الزلزال باقيةٌ

ولا تزالُ من الزلزال باقيةٌ

تذكارُها يوقد الأُكبادَ إيقادا

تذكارُها يوقد الأُكبادَ إيقادا

And a remnant of the earthquake still remains,

And still remains of the earthquake

whose memory sets the livers fiercely ablaze.

Its memory igniting hearts aflame

منذ احتللتم وشؤْمُ العيش يرهقنا

منذ احتللتم وشؤْمُ العيش يرهقنا

فقراً وجوْراَ وإتْعاساً وإفسادا

فقراً وجوْراَ وإتْعاساً وإفسادا

Since you occupied us, life's ill fortune has burdened us

Since you have occupied, the woe of life burdens us

with poverty, oppression, misery, and corruption.

With poverty, injustice, misery and corruption

بفضلكم قد طغى طوفانُ هجرتهم

بفضلكم قد طغى طوفانُ هجرتهم

وكان وعداً تلقَّيناه إيعاداً

وكان وعداً تلقَّيناه إيعاداً

Thanks to you, the flood of their immigration has overflowed.

Thanks to you, the flood of their migration has overflown

And it was a promise we received as a threat.

And was a promise we received as a covenant

واليوم من شؤْمكم نُبلى بكارثةٍ

واليوم من شؤْمكم نُبلى بكارثةٍ

هذا هو الطَّينُ والماءُ الذي زادا

هذا هو الطَّينُ والماءُ الذي زادا

And today, through your ill fortune, we are afflicted with disaster.

And today from your woes we are worn by a disaster

This is the mud—and the water that has added to it.

This is the mud and water that increased