مَهلاً بَني عَمِّنا مَهلا مَوالينا

مَهلاً بَني عَمِّنا مَهلا مَوالينا

لا تَنبِشوا بَينَنا ما كانَ مَدفونا

لا تَنبِشوا بَينَنا ما كانَ مَدفونا

Easy, our cousins; easy, our kinsmen.

Slow down, oh sons of our uncle, slow down, oh our dear ones

Do not unearth between us what lay buried.

Do not dig up between us what has been buried

مَهلاً بَني عَمِّنا عَن نَحتِ أَثلَتِنا

مَهلاً بَني عَمِّنا عَن نَحتِ أَثلَتِنا

سيروا رُوَيداً كَما كُنتُم تَسيرونا

سيروا رُوَيداً كَما كُنتُم تَسيرونا

Hold back, our cousins, from hewing at our tamarisk tree.

Slow down, oh sons of our uncle, from carving up our statues

Proceed slowly, as you used to proceed.

Walk slowly as you used to walk with us

لا تَطمَعوا أَن تُهينونا وَنُكرِمُكُم

لا تَطمَعوا أَن تُهينونا وَنُكرِمُكُم

وَأَن نَكُفَّ الأَذى عَنكُم وَتُؤذونا

وَأَن نَكُفَّ الأَذى عَنكُم وَتُؤذونا

Do not expect that you can humiliate us while we honor you,

Do not be greedy to humiliate us while we honor you

And that we will withhold harm from you while you harm us.

And that we restrain harm from you while you harm us

اللَهُ يَعلَمُ أَنّا لا نُحِبُّكُمُ

اللَهُ يَعلَمُ أَنّا لا نُحِبُّكُمُ

وَلا نَلومُكُمُ أَلّا تُحِبّونا

وَلا نَلومُكُمُ أَلّا تُحِبّونا

God knows that we do not love you,

God knows that we do not love you

Nor do we blame you for not loving us.

And we do not blame you for not loving us

كُلٌّ لَهُ نِيَّةٌ في بُغضِ صاحِبِهِ

كُلٌّ لَهُ نِيَّةٌ في بُغضِ صاحِبِهِ

بِنِعمَةِ اللَهِ نَقليكُم وَتَقلونا

بِنِعمَةِ اللَهِ نَقليكُم وَتَقلونا

Each is intent on hating his fellow;

Everyone has an intention in hating his companion

By God's grace, we detest you, and you detest us.

By God's grace we endure you and you endure us