معاويَ أَنَّنا بَشَرٌ فَأَسجِح

معاويَ أَنَّنا بَشَرٌ فَأَسجِح

فَلَسنا بالجِبالِ وَلا الحَديد

فَلَسنا بالجِبالِ وَلا الحَديد

O Muawiya, we are human, so be lenient.

Mu'awiya, we are but humans, so forgive

For we are neither mountains nor iron.

We are not mountains nor iron

فَهَبنا أُمَةً ذهبت ضَياعاً

فَهَبنا أُمَةً ذهبت ضَياعاً

يَزيدُ أَميرُها وَأَبو يَزيدِ

يَزيدُ أَميرُها وَأَبو يَزيدِ

So suppose us a people gone to ruin,

Grant us a nation that went astray

whose rulers are Yazid and Yazid’s father.

With Yazid as its prince, and father of Yazid

أَكَلتُم أَرضَنا فَجَردتُموها

أَكَلتُم أَرضَنا فَجَردتُموها

فَهَل مِن قائِمٍ أَو مِن حَصيدِ

فَهَل مِن قائِمٍ أَو مِن حَصيدِ

You devoured our land and stripped it bare.

You have eaten our land and stripped it bare

Is there any standing crop left, or any harvested crop?

Is there one who will stand or harvest?

أَتَطمَعُ في الخُلودِ إِذا هَلكنا

أَتَطمَعُ في الخُلودِ إِذا هَلكنا

وَلَيسَ لَنا وَلا لَكَ مِن خُلودِ

وَلَيسَ لَنا وَلا لَكَ مِن خُلودِ

Do you hope for immortality if we perish?

Do you hope for immortality if we die?

And there is no immortality for us or for you.

Neither we nor you have immortality

ذَروا خَونَ الخِلافَةِ واستَقيموا

ذَروا خَونَ الخِلافَةِ واستَقيموا

وَتأميرَ الأراذِلِ وَالعَبيدِ

وَتأميرَ الأراذِلِ وَالعَبيدِ

Abandon betrayal of the caliphate—and act uprightly—

Leave the treachery of the Caliphate and walk straight

and the appointment of the base and slaves as rulers.

And the rule of scoundrels and slaves

وأعطونا السَويَّةَ لا تَزركُم

وأعطونا السَويَّةَ لا تَزركُم

جُنودٌ مردَفاتٌ بالجُنودِ

جُنودٌ مردَفاتٌ بالجُنودِ

And give us equal treatment, lest you be visited

And grant us equality, troops will not avail you

by armies followed by armies.

With troops followed by troops