أَفي قَلائِصَ جُرب كُن من عمل

أَفي قَلائِصَ جُرب كُن من عمل

أَردَى وَتُنزِعُ من أحشائي الكبد

أَردَى وَتُنزِعُ من أحشائي الكبد

Is it over mangy young she-camels, earned through work,

In the worn cloak of deprivation act with integrity

That I perish and my liver is torn from my entrails?

Though it tear your guts and rip out your liver

ثَمانيا كن في اهلي وَعِندَهُم

ثَمانيا كن في اهلي وَعِندَهُم

مِنها فَعِندَهُما الفَقد الَّذي وَجدوا

مِنها فَعِندَهُما الفَقد الَّذي وَجدوا

Eight were with my family, and they had

Be with my family, though to them

Some of them; with those two, then, lies the loss they experienced.

I am but the profound loss that they have known

اخانَني اخوا الاِنصارِ فَاِنتَقَصا

اخانَني اخوا الاِنصارِ فَاِنتَقَصا

مِنها فَعِندَهُما الفَقدُ الَّذي فَقَدوا

مِنها فَعِندَهُما الفَقدُ الَّذي فَقَدوا

Have the two brothers of the Ansar betrayed me and taken away

The Ansar betrayed me, broke our bond

Some of them? With those two, then, lies the loss they suffered.

To them I'm but the loss that they have seen

وَاِن عامَلَك النَصري كَلَّفني

وَاِن عامَلَك النَصري كَلَّفني

في غَيرِ نائِرَة ديناً لَهُ صَعَد

في غَيرِ نائِرَة ديناً لَهُ صَعَد

And indeed your Nasri agent has burdened me

And if the Nusayris put me through ordeals

With a debt fraught with hardship, though no feud was involved.

With no flaming issue of faith to ascend

اذنَبَ غَيري وَلَم اذنب يكلفني

اذنَبَ غَيري وَلَم اذنب يكلفني

ام كَيفَ اقتل لا عَقل وَلا قَوَدَ

ام كَيفَ اقتل لا عَقل وَلا قَوَدَ

Someone else committed an offense, while I did not; yet he burdens me.

Another sinned, not I, yet I'm made to pay

Or how can I be killed when neither blood money nor retaliation is due?

How can I be killed with no sense or cord?