لَو أَنَّ أَصحابي بَنو مُعاوِيَه

لَو أَنَّ أَصحابي بَنو مُعاوِيَه

أَهلُ جُنوبِ نَخلَةِ الشَآمِيَّه

أَهلُ جُنوبِ نَخلَةِ الشَآمِيَّه

Had my companions been the sons of Muawiya,

If my comrades were the clan of Mu'awiyah

the people dwelling along the sides of Nakhla al-Shamiyya,

The people of southern Syria's palm trees

ما تَرَكوني لِلكِلابِ العاوِيَه

ما تَرَكوني لِلكِلابِ العاوِيَه

وَلا لِبِرذَونٍ اَغَرِّ الناصِيَه

وَلا لِبِرذَونٍ اَغَرِّ الناصِيَه

they would not have left me to the howling dogs,

They wouldn't have left me to the rabid dogs

nor to a packhorse with a white blaze on its forehead.

Nor to a vile, deceitful betrayer