وَماand what أَنتَyou أَمor ماwhat أُمّmother of عُثمانَUthman بَعدَماnow that
وَما أَنتَ أَم ما أُمّ عُثمانَ بَعدَما
حبالُكyour ties مِنto رَملthe sands of الغناءِal-Ghina خُدودُsevered
حبالُك مِن رَمل الغناءِ خُدودُ
What are you—or what is Umm ʿUthmān—now that
And what are you—or what is Umm Uthman—now that
your ridges in al-Ghanāʾ’s sands have become furrows?
Your ties to the sands of al-Ghina are severed?
