أَسلِمي أَمَّ دَهبَلٍ قَبلَ هَجرِ

أَسلِمي أَمَّ دَهبَلٍ قَبلَ هَجرِ

وَتَقَضٍّ مِنَ الزَمانِ وَعَصرِ

وَتَقَضٍّ مِنَ الزَمانِ وَعَصرِ

Be well, Umm Dahbal, before parting,

Surrender, O stubborn one, before parting

and the passing of time and an age.

And the passage of time and era

وَاِذكُرى كَرّى المَطِيَّ إِلَيكُم

وَاِذكُرى كَرّى المَطِيَّ إِلَيكُم

بَعدَما قَد تَوَجَّهَت نَحوَ مِصرِ

بَعدَما قَد تَوَجَّهَت نَحوَ مِصرِ

And remember my turning the riding camels back toward you,

And remember me often, as the rider remembers his mount

after they had already set out toward Egypt.

After he has set out towards Egypt

وَلا تَخالي أَنّي نَسيتُكِ لَمّا

وَلا تَخالي أَنّي نَسيتُكِ لَمّا

حالَ بيشٌ وَمَن بِهِ خَلفَ ظَهري

حالَ بيشٌ وَمَن بِهِ خَلفَ ظَهري

And do not think that I forgot you when

Do not think that I forgot you when

Bish and those within it lay behind my back.

An encampment, and one who lingered behind, left me

إِن تَكوني أَنتِ المُقَدَّمَ قَبلي

إِن تَكوني أَنتِ المُقَدَّمَ قَبلي

وَاِطَع يَثوِ عِندَ قَبرِكِ قَبري

وَاِطَع يَثوِ عِندَ قَبرِكِ قَبري

If you are the one to go before me,

If you will be the one to die before me

and I am heeded, my grave shall lie beside your grave.

Then make room, beside your grave, for my grave