لَعَمري لَستُ أَترُكُ آلَ قَومي

لَعَمري لَستُ أَترُكُ آلَ قَومي

وَأَرحَلُ عَن فَنائي أَو أَسيرُ

وَأَرحَلُ عَن فَنائي أَو أَسيرُ

By my life, I will not abandon my people's kin,

By my life! I shall not abandon my people

Nor depart from my courtyard or journey away.

Nor depart from my home or journey away

بِهِم ذُلّي إِذا ما كُنتُ فيهِم

بِهِم ذُلّي إِذا ما كُنتُ فيهِم

عَلى رَغمِ العِدى شَرَفٌ خَطيرُ

عَلى رَغمِ العِدى شَرَفٌ خَطيرُ

My lowliness with them, when I am among them,

I stay with them in their humiliation

Is a lofty honor, despite the foes.

For with the enemy, honor comes at a price

أَأَنزِلُ بَينَهُم إِن كانَ يُسرٌ

أَأَنزِلُ بَينَهُم إِن كانَ يُسرٌ

وَأَرحَلُ إِن أَلَمَّ بِهِم عَسيرُ

وَأَرحَلُ إِن أَلَمَّ بِهِم عَسيرُ

Shall I dwell among them when there is ease,

Shall I descend among them when life is easy

And depart when hardship befalls them?

And depart when hardship has come their way?

وَأَترُكُ مَعشَري وَهُمُ أُناسٌ

وَأَترُكُ مَعشَري وَهُمُ أُناسٌ

لَهُم طَولٌ عَلى الدُنيا يَدورُ

لَهُم طَولٌ عَلى الدُنيا يَدورُ

And abandon my kin, though they are a people

Shall I leave my people, they who are folk

Whose might ranges over the world?

With a long history that still lives on?

أَلَم تَسمَع أَسِنَّتَهُم لَها في

أَلَم تَسمَع أَسِنَّتَهُم لَها في

تَراقِيَكُم وَأَضلُعِكُم صَريرُ

تَراقِيَكُم وَأَضلُعِكُم صَريرُ

Have you not heard their spearheads, which in

Do you not hear their tongues that still

Your collarbones and ribs make a grating sound?

Sting you with venom through ribs and bone?

فَكُفَّ الكَفَّ عَن قَومي وَذَرهُم

فَكُفَّ الكَفَّ عَن قَومي وَذَرهُم

فَسَوفَ يَرى فِعالَهُمُ الضَريرُ

فَسَوفَ يَرى فِعالَهُمُ الضَريرُ

So restrain your hand from my people and leave them be,

Stop your meddling with my people and leave them be

For the blind will see their deeds.

For the blind shall see the justice they have sown