أَبلِغا قَومَنا جُذاماً وَلَخماً

أَبلِغا قَومَنا جُذاماً وَلَخماً

قَولَ مَن عِزُّهُم إِلَيهِ حَبيبُ

قَولَ مَن عِزُّهُم إِلَيهِ حَبيبُ

You two, convey to our people, Judham and Lakhm,

Tell our tribe, the diseased and the maimed,

The words of one to whom their glory is dear.

The words of he whose beloved is their honor:

كانَ آباؤُكُم إِذا الناسُ حَربٌ

كانَ آباؤُكُم إِذا الناسُ حَربٌ

وَهُمُ الأَكثَرونَ كانَ الحُروبُ

وَهُمُ الأَكثَرونَ كانَ الحُروبُ

Your forefathers lived when the people were at war;

Your fathers, when people made war

And they were the most numerous; wars raged.

And they were the more numerous, wars

مَنَعوا الثَغرَةَ الَّتي بَينَ حمصٍ

مَنَعوا الثَغرَةَ الَّتي بَينَ حمصٍ

وَالكَهاتَينِ لَيسَ فيها غَريبُ

وَالكَهاتَينِ لَيسَ فيها غَريبُ

They defended the frontier gap between Homs

They prevented the gap between Homs

And al-Kahatayn; no stranger was there.

And the two mills, no stranger within.