أَهوى أُمَيَّةَ إِن شَطَّت وَإِن قَرُبَت

أَهوى أُمَيَّةَ إِن شَطَّت وَإِن قَرُبَت

يَوماً وَأُهدي لَها نُصحي وَأَشعاري

يَوماً وَأُهدي لَها نُصحي وَأَشعاري

I love Umayya, whether she goes far away or draws near

I yearn for Ummayah though she be far or near

One day; and I offer her my sincere counsel and my poems.

One day, and my advice and poetry I send to her

وَلَو وَرَدتُ عَلَيها الفَيضَ ما حَفَلَت

وَلَو وَرَدتُ عَلَيها الفَيضَ ما حَفَلَت

وَلا شَفَت عَطَشي مِن مائِهِ الجاري

وَلا شَفَت عَطَشي مِن مائِهِ الجاري

And even if I came to her at the overflowing stream, she would not care,

And if she came upon abundance, she'd not care

Nor would she quench my thirst from its flowing water.

Nor quench my thirst with water she could spare

لا تأوِيَنَّ لِحَزميٍّ رَأَيتَ بِهِ

لا تأوِيَنَّ لِحَزميٍّ رَأَيتَ بِهِ

ضُرّاً وَلَو طُرِحَ الحَزميُّ في النارِ

ضُرّاً وَلَو طُرِحَ الحَزميُّ في النارِ

Never pity a Hazmi in whom you have seen

Give no shelter to my prudent views therein

Suffering, even if the Hazmi were cast into the fire—

Though thrown in fire, this prudence stay unseen

الناخِسينَ بِمَروانٍ بِذي خُشُبٍ

الناخِسينَ بِمَروانٍ بِذي خُشُبٍ

والمُقحِمينَ عَلى عُثمانَ في الدارِ

والمُقحِمينَ عَلى عُثمانَ في الدارِ

Those who goaded Marwan at Dhu Khushub,

Those rousing Marwan, and Dhi Khashub too

And those who stormed in upon Uthman in the house.

And those imposing upon Uthman in his abode