أَلا يا غُرابَ البَينِ لَونُكَ شاحِبٌ

أَلا يا غُرابَ البَينِ لَونُكَ شاحِبٌ

وَأَنتَ بِلَوعاتِ الفِراقِ جَديرُ

وَأَنتَ بِلَوعاتِ الفِراقِ جَديرُ

Ah, O crow of parting, your color is pale,

Oh raven with faded feathers of separation,

And you deserve the agonies of separation.

You are worthy of the sorrows of parting.

فَبَيِّن لَنا ما قُلتَ إِذ أَنتَ واقِعٌ

فَبَيِّن لَنا ما قُلتَ إِذ أَنتَ واقِعٌ

وَبَيِّن لَنا ما قُلتَ حينَ تَطيرُ

وَبَيِّن لَنا ما قُلتَ حينَ تَطيرُ

So explain to us what you said while you were perched,

Tell us what you said when you alighted,

And explain to us what you said while flying.

And what you said when you took flight,

فَإِن يَكُ حَقّاً ما تَقولُ فَأَصبَحَت

فَإِن يَكُ حَقّاً ما تَقولُ فَأَصبَحَت

هُمومُكَ شَتّى وَالجَناحُ كَسيرُ

هُمومُكَ شَتّى وَالجَناحُ كَسيرُ

For if what you say is true, then may

For if what you say be true, that your cares are many

Your cares become many and varied, and your wing be broken.

And your wing hampered and broken,

وَلا زِلتَ مَطروداً عَديما لِناصِرٍ

وَلا زِلتَ مَطروداً عَديما لِناصِرٍ

كَما لَيسَ لي مِن ظالِمِيَّ نَصيرُ

كَما لَيسَ لي مِن ظالِمِيَّ نَصيرُ

And may you remain forever outcast, bereft of a defender,

And you still an outcast, without a protector,

Just as I have no defender against my oppressors.

As I have none to help against oppressors.