لَعَنَ الإِلَهُ مِنَ اليَهودِ عِصابَةً

لَعَنَ الإِلَهُ مِنَ اليَهودِ عِصابَةً

بِالجِزعَ بَينَ جُلَيجِلٍ وَصِرارِ

بِالجِزعَ بَينَ جُلَيجِلٍ وَصِرارِ

May God curse a band of the Jews

God cursed a gang of Jews,

At the valley bend between Julayjil and Sirar:

With cowardice between Jelejul and Sirar,

قَومٌ إِذا هَدَرَ العَصيرُ رَأَيتَهُم

قَومٌ إِذا هَدَرَ العَصيرُ رَأَيتَهُم

حُمراً عُيونُهُمُ مِنَ المُسطارِ

حُمراً عُيونُهُمُ مِنَ المُسطارِ

A people—when the grape juice roars, you see them

A people, when vintage was boiled down you saw them

With their eyes red from the new wine.

With red inflamed eyes from drinking it unmixed,

ذَهَبَت قُرَيشٌ بِالمَكارِمِ وَالعُلى

ذَهَبَت قُرَيشٌ بِالمَكارِمِ وَالعُلى

وَاللُؤمُ تَحتَ عَمائِمِ الأَنصارِ

وَاللُؤمُ تَحتَ عَمائِمِ الأَنصارِ

Quraysh has carried off noble deeds and high honor,

The nobility went to Quraysh,

And baseness lies beneath the turbans of the Ansar.

While stupidity rests under the turbans of the Helpers,

فَذَروا المَكارِمَ لَستُمُ مِن أَهلِها

فَذَروا المَكارِمَ لَستُمُ مِن أَهلِها

وَخُذوا مَساحِيَكُم بَني النَجّارِ

وَخُذوا مَساحِيَكُم بَني النَجّارِ

So leave noble deeds alone; you are not worthy of them,

So leave nobility, you are not of those worthy of it,

And take up your hoes, sons of al-Najjar.

And take up your saws, sons of carpenters!

إِنَّ الفَوارِسَ يَعرِفونَ ظُهورَكُم

إِنَّ الفَوارِسَ يَعرِفونَ ظُهورَكُم

أَولادَ كُلِّ مُفَسَّحٍ أَكّارِ

أَولادَ كُلِّ مُفَسَّحٍ أَكّارِ

Indeed, the horsemen know your backs,

The horsemen recognize your backs,

You sons of every broad-bottomed tiller.

Sons of every spineless cuckold,

وَإِذا نَسَبتَ اِبنَ الفُرَيعَةِ خِلتَهُ

وَإِذا نَسَبتَ اِبنَ الفُرَيعَةِ خِلتَهُ

كَالجَحشِ بَينَ حِمارَةٍ وَحِمارِ

كَالجَحشِ بَينَ حِمارَةٍ وَحِمارِ

And when you trace the lineage of al-Furayʿah's son, you think him

And if you attribute to the son of al-Furay'ah his lineage,

Like a donkey foal between a she-ass and a he-ass.

He is like a stray camel between a she-ass and an ass.