أَقولُ وَزادَني جَزَعاً وَغيظاً

أَقولُ وَزادَني جَزَعاً وَغيظاً

أَزالَ اللَهُ مُلكَ بَني زيادِ

أَزالَ اللَهُ مُلكَ بَني زيادِ

I say, with my anguish and rage mounting:

I say—and it has increased my anguish and rage—

May God bring the rule of Ziyad’s sons to an end,

May God end the rule of the sons of Ziyad,

وَأَبعَدَهُم بِما غَدَروا وَخانوا

وَأَبعَدَهُم بِما غَدَروا وَخانوا

كَما بَعَدَت ثَمودُ وَقومُ عادِ

كَما بَعَدَت ثَمودُ وَقومُ عادِ

and drive them far away for their treachery and betrayal,

And banish them for their treachery and betrayal,

as far away as Thamud and the people of ʿAd.

As Thamud and the people of ʿAd perished;

وَلا رَجَعَت رِكابُهُمُ إِلَيهِم

وَلا رَجَعَت رِكابُهُمُ إِلَيهِم

إِذا وَقَفَت إِلى يَومِ التَنادِ

إِذا وَقَفَت إِلى يَومِ التَنادِ

May their mounts never return to them

And may their riding camels not return to them,

once they halt, until the Day of Calling.

Once they halt, until the Day of Calling.