ذريني أَم مسكين ذريني

ذريني أَم مسكين ذريني

فان الحق يودي بالبَعير

فان الحق يودي بالبَعير

Leave me, Umm Miskin, leave me.

Let me grieve, oh mother of misery, let me grieve

For duty brings the camel to its death.

For truth will lead the camel astray

وَناجيةٍ نحرتُ لشرب صدق

وَناجيةٍ نحرتُ لشرب صدق

وَلَم أَعبأ بتصريف الأُمور

وَلَم أَعبأ بتصريف الأُمور

And many a swift she-camel I slaughtered for worthy drinking companions,

And I have slaughtered an oblation to drink sincerity

And I paid no heed to the changing course of affairs.

Heeding not the tide of events

كأَن جبينها كُركي ماء

كأَن جبينها كُركي ماء

قَليل الريش مقتول كَسيرُ

قَليل الريش مقتول كَسيرُ

As though her brow were a water crane,

As though her brow were a water bag

Scant of feathers, slain and broken.

Scant of plumage, killed often over

وَلا وَاللَه ربّك ما أُبالي

وَلا وَاللَه ربّك ما أُبالي

لمن كان العشير من الجزورِ

لمن كان العشير من الجزورِ

And no—by God, your Lord—I do not care

By Allah, my Lord, I care not

Who receives the tenth share of the slaughtered camel,

To whom the clan or the graves belong

إِذا كانَ القتار أَحبَّ ريحاً

إِذا كانَ القتار أَحبَّ ريحاً

إِلى الفَتَيات من رحي العَبيرِ

إِلى الفَتَيات من رحي العَبيرِ

When the aroma of roasting meat is a dearer scent

If musk is dearer to the girls

To the young women than blended perfume being ground.

Than the scent of ambergris