أَلا قُل لِمَن أَمسى بِمَكَّةَ قاطِناً

أَلا قُل لِمَن أَمسى بِمَكَّةَ قاطِناً

وَمِن جاءَ مِن عَمقٍ وَنَقبِ المُشَلَّلِ

وَمِن جاءَ مِن عَمقٍ وَنَقبِ المُشَلَّلِ

Listen: tell whoever has come to dwell in Mecca,

O say to whoever resides in Mecca

and whoever has come from ʿAmq and the pass of al-Mushallal:

And whoever comes from the depths and passes of Al-Mushallal

دَعُو الحَجَّ لا تَستَهلِكُوا نَفقاتِكُم

دَعُو الحَجَّ لا تَستَهلِكُوا نَفقاتِكُم

فَما حَجُّ هذا العامِ بِالمُتَقَبَّلِ

فَما حَجُّ هذا العامِ بِالمُتَقَبَّلِ

Abandon the pilgrimage; do not squander your funds,

Abandon the Hajj, do not waste your expenses

for this year's pilgrimage will not be accepted.

For Hajj this year is not accepted

وَكَيفَ يُزَكّى حَجُّ مَن لَم يَكُن لَهُ

وَكَيفَ يُزَكّى حَجُّ مَن لَم يَكُن لَهُ

إِمامٌ لَدى تَجمبرِهِ غَيرُ دُلدُلِ

إِمامٌ لَدى تَجمبرِهِ غَيرُ دُلدُلِ

And how can one's pilgrimage be deemed pure, when one has no

And how can the Hajj of one who has no leader

imam at one's ritual pebble-casting other than Duldul?

Other than Deldel during his encampment be purified?

يَظَلُّ يُرائي بِالصِيامِ نَهارَهُ

يَظَلُّ يُرائي بِالصِيامِ نَهارَهُ

وَيَلبَسُ في الظَلماءِ سِمطى قَرَنفُلِ

وَيَلبَسُ في الظَلماءِ سِمطى قَرَنفُلِ

He spends his day making a show of fasting,

He continues pretending with fasting by day

and in the darkness wears two necklaces of cloves.

And wearing a Carnation cloak in the darkness