جُعِلْنا أجنبِيَّيْنِ

جُعِلْنا أجنبِيَّيْنِ

بلا جُرْمٍ ولا تَبْلِ

بلا جُرْمٍ ولا تَبْلِ

We two were treated as strangers,

We were made foreigners

without wrongdoing or rancor.

Without crime or misdeed

وأُقصِينا وما خُنّا

وأُقصِينا وما خُنّا

ومازِغْنا عَن العَدْلِ

ومازِغْنا عَن العَدْلِ

And we were cast aside, though we did not betray,

And we were excluded though we were not disloyal

nor did we stray from justice.

Nor did we deviate from justice

فقلْ لي يا أخا السُّودَ

فقلْ لي يا أخا السُّودَ

دِ والهِمَّةِ والفَضلِ

دِ والهِمَّةِ والفَضلِ

So tell me, O man of noble

So tell me, O brother of blackness

standing, high resolve, and excellence:

Of resolve and nobility and merit

إلى كْم نحنُ في ضِيقٍ

إلى كْم نحنُ في ضِيقٍ

وفي عَزْلٍ وفي أَزْلِ

وفي عَزْلٍ وفي أَزْلِ

How long are we to remain in distress,

How long will we be in distress

and in exclusion and in want?

And in isolation and in misery

أما تنشَطُ أن تُملي

أما تنشَطُ أن تُملي

على الكُتّابِ أنتُمْ لي

على الكُتّابِ أنتُمْ لي

Will you not be moved to dictate

Will you not be invigorated to dictate

to the scribes, 'You are mine'?

To the writers, you for me