دارٌ وَعَورَةُ سَهلِها

شَمَلَت مَذاهِبَ أَهلِها

My land of steep hills

Has encompassed the doctrines of its people

قَتّالَةٌ خَبَطَت جَمي

عَ العالَمينَ بِقَتلِها

A killer that has confused all

The worlds with its killing

خَدّاعَةٌ بِغُرورِها

وَبِنَقضِها وَبِفَتلِها

A deceiver with its deceit

And with its violation and cunning

يا مَن عَلى الأَرضِ اسمَعوا

نَعيَ الحَياةِ لِأَهلِها

Oh you who are on earth, listen

To the obituary of its people

يا مَن عَلى الأَرضِ افطَنوا

لِلحادِثاتِ وَكَلها

Oh you who are on earth, be aware

Of the events and all of them

أَعذَرتَ نَفسَكَ يا أُخَي

يَ بِغَيّها وَبِجَهلِها

You have excused yourself, my brother

With its ignorance and foolishness

وَرَضيتَ مِنها في الَّذي

تَأتي بِأَقبَحِ فِعلِها

And you were satisfied with what it does

With its ugliest deeds

وَتَرَكتَها وَتَتَبُّعُ الشَ

هواتِ أَكبَرُ شُغلِها

And you left it chasing

Passions, its biggest preoccupation

لَم تَنسَ نَفسُكَ يَومَها

إِلّا لِقِلَّةِ عَقلِها

Your soul has not forgotten itself

Except for its lack of intellect

كَم عِبرَةٍ لَكَ في المُلو

كِ وَفي تَفَرُّقِ شَملِها

How many lessons for you

In the fate of kings and the disunity of their rule

إِنَّ الحَوادِثَ رُبَّما

قَصَدَت إِلَيكَ بِنَبلِها

Indeed calamities may sometimes

Aim at you with their arrows

فَإِذا رَمَتكَ بِنَبلَةٍ

كَرَّت عَلَيكَ بِمِثلِها

And if an arrow hits you

It will strike you back with its like