قَضَى اللَّهُ خَلقَ النّاسِ ثُمَ خُلِقتُمُ

قَضَى اللَّهُ خَلقَ النّاسِ ثُمَ خُلِقتُمُ

بَقِيَّةِ خَلقِ اللَّهِ آخرَ آخِرِ

بَقِيَّةِ خَلقِ اللَّهِ آخرَ آخِرِ

God completed the creation of humankind; then you were created,

Allah decreed the creation of mankind, then you were created

the remainder of God's creation, last of the last.

The last remnant of Allah's creation, one after another

فَلَم تَسمَعوا إِلّا بِمَن كانَ قَبلكُم

فَلَم تَسمَعوا إِلّا بِمَن كانَ قَبلكُم

وَلَم تُدرِكوا إِلّا مَدَقّ الحَوافِرِ

وَلَم تُدرِكوا إِلّا مَدَقّ الحَوافِرِ

So you heard only of those who preceded you,

So you have not heard except about those who were before you

and reached nothing but the ground trodden by hooves.

And you have not reached except the heels of the horses

أَأَنتُم أُولى جئتُم مَعَ النَمل وَالدبا

أَأَنتُم أُولى جئتُم مَعَ النَمل وَالدبا

فَطارَ وَهَذا شَخصُكُم غَير طائِرِ

فَطارَ وَهَذا شَخصُكُم غَير طائِرِ

Are you those who came with ants and young locusts?

Are you the first who came with ants and insects?

Then they took flight, while this form of yours remains flightless.

So it flew, and this is your essence, not flying

فَمَن أَنتُمُ إِنّا نَسينا مَن انتُمُ

فَمَن أَنتُمُ إِنّا نَسينا مَن انتُمُ

وَريحُكُم مِن أَيِّ ريحِ الأَعاصِرِ

وَريحُكُم مِن أَيِّ ريحِ الأَعاصِرِ

Who are you, then? We have indeed forgotten who you are.

Who are you? We have forgotten who you are

And your wind—from which of the whirlwinds does it come?

And your wind is from which wind of storms

فَلو رَدَّ أَهلُ الحَقِّ مَن ماتَ مِنكُمُ

فَلو رَدَّ أَهلُ الحَقِّ مَن ماتَ مِنكُمُ

إِلى حَقّه لَم تُدفَنوا في المَقابِرِ

إِلى حَقّه لَم تُدفَنوا في المَقابِرِ

So if the upholders of justice returned your dead

If the people of truth who died among you

to their rightful place, you would not be buried in graveyards.

Returned to their right, you would not be buried in graves

فَما لَكُمُ في أَرضِ نَجدٍ وَغَورُها

فَما لَكُمُ في أَرضِ نَجدٍ وَغَورُها

إِذا اِقتَسَموا بِالحَقِّ شِبرٌ لِشابِرِ

إِذا اِقتَسَموا بِالحَقِّ شِبرٌ لِشابِرِ

So you have, in the land of Najd and its lowlands,

So what is yours in the land of Najd and its caves

when they divide it justly, not a handspan for anyone to measure.

When they divided it truthfully, a handspan for each handspan

فَقُم صاغِراً يا شَيخَ جَرمٍ فَإِنَّما

فَقُم صاغِراً يا شَيخَ جَرمٍ فَإِنَّما

يُقالُ لِكَهلِ الصِّدقِ قُم غَير صاغِرِ

يُقالُ لِكَهلِ الصِّدقِ قُم غَير صاغِرِ

So rise in humiliation, O elder of Jurm; for only

So rise humbly, O old man of sin, only

to a mature man of true worth is it said, 'Rise without humiliation.'

The old man of truth is told "Rise without humbling"

فَإِنَّكَ شَيخٌ مَيِّتٌ وَمُورِّثٌ

فَإِنَّكَ شَيخٌ مَيِّتٌ وَمُورِّثٌ

قُضاعَةَ ميراث البَّسوسِ وَقاشِرِ

قُضاعَةَ ميراث البَّسوسِ وَقاشِرِ

For you are an elder destined to die, and will bequeath

You are an old dead man, inheriting

to Quda'ah the legacy of al-Basus and Qashir.

The meagerness of the inheritance of Banu Sas and Qashir