يا آل عثمان قد أصبحتمُ هدفاً

لغالبَينِ على الأرزاق والقوتِ

O House of Othman, you have become

A target for the victors over livelihoods and food

تنازعا وإن اشتد اختلافهما

أوطانكم بين تخريب وتشتيت

They dispute even if their disagreement intensifies

Your homelands between destruction and dispersion

فكيف تمسون يا قومي لو اتفقا

مستوثقَينِ بتأييد وتثبيت

So how can you, my people, if they agree

Confirmed with support and consolidation

فالبحر والبر ضاقا عن مرامهما

واحيرة الليث بين الدب والحوت

The land and the sea are too narrow for their ambitions

And the lion is confused between the bear and the whale

فليت لي بقتالي كل مضطهد

ما لي بشعري من ذكر ومن صيت

I wish with my fighting every oppressor

I have no fame or reputation from my poetry