أَلَم تَرَ قَومي إِذ دَعاهُم أَخوهُمُ

أَلَم تَرَ قَومي إِذ دَعاهُم أَخوهُمُ

أَجابوا وَإِن يَغضَب عَلى القَومِ يَغضَبوا

أَجابوا وَإِن يَغضَب عَلى القَومِ يَغضَبوا

Have you not seen my people, when their brother called them?

Did you not see my people when their brother summoned them?

They answered; and if he grows angry with the people, they grow angry too.

They answered, and if he turns his wrath upon a tribe, they share his wrath.

هُمُ حَفَظوا غَيبي كَما كُنتُ حافِظاً

هُمُ حَفَظوا غَيبي كَما كُنتُ حافِظاً

لِقَومِيَ أُخرى مِثلَها إِذ تَغَيَّبوا

لِقَومِيَ أُخرى مِثلَها إِذ تَغَيَّبوا

They guarded my honor in my absence, just as I had guarded

They guarded my honor in my absence, just as I was a guardian

my people's on another such occasion, when they were away.

Of the same for my people whenever they were away.

بَنو الحَربِ لَم تَقعُد بِهِم أُمَهاتُهُم

بَنو الحَربِ لَم تَقعُد بِهِم أُمَهاتُهُم

وَآباؤُهُم آباءُ صِدقٍ فَأَنجَبوا

وَآباؤُهُم آباءُ صِدقٍ فَأَنجَبوا

Sons of war—their mothers did not bring them low;

Sons of war—their mothers did not hold them back,

and their fathers were fathers of true worth, and so begot noble offspring.

And their fathers were fathers of truth who sired noble sons.