نَحنُ قَومٌ تَصيدُنا الأَعيُنُ السُّو

دُ عَلى أَنّنا نَصيدُ الأُسودا

We are a people whose eyes hunt the black

Thinking that we hunt the lions

وَتَراها عَلى المُلوكِ مُلوكاً

وَتَرانا لَدى المِلاحِ عَبيدا

You see them as kings over kings

Yet you see us next to sailors as slaves