فَإِن تُنصِفوا يا آلَ مَروانَ نَقتَرِب

إِلَيكُم وَإِلا فَأذَنوا بِبعادِ

If you are just, O clan of Marwan, we will come near,

Otherwise, bid us farewell and depart.

فَإِنَّ لَنا مِنكُم مراحاً وَمَزحَلاً

بِعيسٍ إِلى ريحِ الفَلاةِ صَوادي

For we have, because of you, a refuge and home

With Jesus, in the winds of the open desert.

وَفي الأَرضِ عَن دارِ المَذَلَّةِ مَذهَبٌ

وَكُلُّ بِلادٍ أَوطَنَت كَبِلادي

And on earth, away from the abode of disgrace, there is a course,

And every land where I have camped is my homeland.

فَماذا عَسى الحجّاجُ يَبلُغُ جُهدُهُ

إِذا نَحنُ جاوَزنا حفيرَ زِيادِ

So what can al-Hajjaj accomplish with all his effort

When we have gone beyond the trench of Ziyad?

فَباِستِ أَبي الحَجّاجِ وَاِستِ عَجوزِهِ

عَتيدُ بهمٍ يَرتَعي بوهادِ

Curse the father of al-Hajjaj and curse his old woman,

Whose son grazes in pastures.

فَلَولا بَنو مَروانَ كانَ اِبنُ يوسُفٍ

كَما كانَ عَبداً مِن عَبيدِ إِيادِ

Were it not for the clan of Marwan, Ibn Yusuf

Would be as he was, a slave from the slaves of Iyad,

زَمان هُوَ العَبدُ المُقِرُّ بِذِلَّةٍ

يُراوِحُ صِبيانَ القرى وَيُغادي

At a time when he was a slave admitting disgrace,

Flattering the boys of the villages as he wandered.