وَيحَ أمِّ دارٍ حَلَلنا بِها

وَيحَ أمِّ دارٍ حَلَلنا بِها

بَينَ الثَّوِيَّةِ والمَردَمَه

بَينَ الثَّوِيَّةِ والمَردَمَه

What a dwelling we lodged in—

Ah, what a dwelling we lodged in,

between al-Thawiyya and al-Mardamah!

between al-Thawiyyah and al-Mardamah!

بَرِّيَّةٌ غُرِسَت في السَّوادِ

بَرِّيَّةٌ غُرِسَت في السَّوادِ

غَرسَ الَمضِيغَةٍ في اللَّهزَمَه

غَرسَ الَمضِيغَةٍ في اللَّهزَمَه

A desert tract planted in the Sawād,

A desert tract planted in the Sawad,

like a morsel lodged within the jaw;

like a lump of flesh embedded in the corner of the jaw.

لِسَانٌ لِعُربَةَ ذُو وَلغَةٍ

لِسَانٌ لِعُربَةَ ذُو وَلغَةٍ

تَوَلَّعَ في الرِّيفِ بِالهَندَمَه

تَوَلَّعَ في الرِّيفِ بِالهَندَمَه

an Arabian tongue that acquired a taste,

A tongue of Arabah, lapping,

and, amid the fertile countryside, grew enamored of elegance.

has grown fond of foreign babble in the fertile countryside.