تَذَكَّر ساداتُنا أَهلَهُم

تَذَكَّر ساداتُنا أَهلَهُم

وَخافوا عُمانَ وَخافوا قَطَر

وَخافوا عُمانَ وَخافوا قَطَر

Our lords remembered their own people;

Our masters remembered their families,

Our elders remembered their kin folk

Our masters remembered their kin,

they feared Oman, and they feared Qatar.

And feared Oman, and feared Qatar,

They feared Oman and feared Qatar

And feared Oman and feared Qatar,

وَخافوا الرَواطي إِذا عَرَّضَت

وَخافوا الرَواطي إِذا عَرَّضَت

مَلاحِسَ أَولادِهِنَّ البَقَر

مَلاحِسَ أَولادِهِنَّ البَقَر

And they feared al-Rawāṭī whenever there were laid bare

And feared the great serpents when there came

They feared Al Ruwati when he displayed

And feared the shoals when they loomed,

the cattle’s udders, where their calves suckled.

Cattle within licking reach of their young.

The cows’ halters of their children

Like wild cows licking their young.