هَلّا صَبَرتُم بَني السوداء أَنفُسَكُم

هَلّا صَبَرتُم بَني السوداء أَنفُسَكُم

حَتّى تَموتوا كَما ماتَت بَنو أَسَدِ

حَتّى تَموتوا كَما ماتَت بَنو أَسَدِ

Why did you not hold yourselves firm, sons of the black woman,

O sons of blackness, would that you had patience

until you died, as the sons of Asad died?

Until you die as died the sons of Asad

حامَت بَنو أَسَدٍ عَن مَجدِ أَوَّلِها

حامَت بَنو أَسَدٍ عَن مَجدِ أَوَّلِها

وَأَنتُمُ كَنَعامِ القَاعَةِ الشُّرُدِ

وَأَنتُمُ كَنَعامِ القَاعَةِ الشُّرُدِ

The sons of Asad defended the glory of their forebears,

The sons of Asad defended the glory of their first ones

while you are like the fleeing ostriches of the plain.

While you are like ostriches scattered in the desert