تلِكُم قُرَيشُ تَمَنّاني لِتَقتُلَني

تلِكُم قُرَيشُ تَمَنّاني لِتَقتُلَني

فَلا وَرَبِّكَ ما بَرّوا وَما ظَفِروا

فَلا وَرَبِّكَ ما بَرّوا وَما ظَفِروا

That is Quraysh, longing to kill me.

Those are the Quraysh, they wished me dead

There is Quraysh, desiring to slay me,

But no, by your Lord—they have neither kept faith nor prevailed.

Yet by your Lord, they gained naught, nor prevailed

Nay, by your Lord! They have not been righteous, nor have they prevailed.

فَإِن بَقيتُ فَرَهنٌ ذِمَّتي لَكُمُ

فَإِن بَقيتُ فَرَهنٌ ذِمَّتي لَكُمُ

بِذاتِ وَدقَينِ لا نَعفو لَها أَثَرُ

بِذاتِ وَدقَينِ لا نَعفو لَها أَثَرُ

So if I survive, my honor stands pledged to you:

If I live, my promise binds me to avenge

For if I remain, my pledge to you is bound:

a calamity of twin downpours, whose trace we shall not efface.

With a keen sword, that grants no respite

A battle of torrential blood, whose trace shall never be effaced.

وَإِن هِلِكتُ فَإِنّي سَوفَ أورِثُهُم

وَإِن هِلِكتُ فَإِنّي سَوفَ أورِثُهُم

ذَلَّ الحَياةِ فَقَد خانوا وَقَد غَدَروا

ذَلَّ الحَياةِ فَقَد خانوا وَقَد غَدَروا

And if I perish, then I shall bequeath to them

And if I die, I bequeath them a life

And if I perish, I shall surely bequeath to them

the humiliation of life, for they have betrayed and acted treacherously.

Of disgrace, for they betrayed and schemed

The humiliation of life, for they have betrayed and played the traitor.

أَما بَقَيتُ فَإِنّي لَستُ مُتَّخِذاً

أَما بَقَيتُ فَإِنّي لَستُ مُتَّخِذاً

أَهلا وَلا شيعَةً في الدّينِ إِذ فَجَروا

أَهلا وَلا شيعَةً في الدّينِ إِذ فَجَروا

As long as I live, I shall not take them

While I live, I take no tribe or creed

So long as I remain, I shall not take as mine

as kin or partisans in the faith, since they have acted wickedly.

As allies, once they went astray

Kinsmen nor partisans in faith, for they have transgressed.

قَد بايَعوني وَلَم يوفوا بِبَيعَتِهِم

قَد بايَعوني وَلَم يوفوا بِبَيعَتِهِم

وَماكَروني بِالأَعداءِ إِذ مَكَروا

وَماكَروني بِالأَعداءِ إِذ مَكَروا

They pledged allegiance to me, yet did not honor their pledge.

They pledged to me, but broke their word

They swore allegiance to me, yet fulfilled not their covenant,

And they schemed against me with the enemies when they plotted.

And plotted against me with enemies, when they schemed

And conspired against me with enemies in their deceit.

وَناصَبوني في حَربٍ مُضَرَّسَةٍ

وَناصَبوني في حَربٍ مُضَرَّسَةٍ

ما لَم يُلاقِ أَبو بَكرٍ وَلا عُمَرُ

ما لَم يُلاقِ أَبو بَكرٍ وَلا عُمَرُ

And they opposed me in a grinding war,

And turned against me, in relentless war

They set against me a war that grinds like teeth,

such as neither Abu Bakr nor Umar had faced.

Unlike what Abu Bakr or Umar faced

Such as neither Abu Bakr nor Umar ever met.