الناسُ لِلأَرضِ أَتباعٌ إِذا بَخِلَت

الناسُ لِلأَرضِ أَتباعٌ إِذا بَخِلَت

ضَنّوا وَإِن هِيَ جادَت مَرَّةً جادوا

ضَنّوا وَإِن هِيَ جادَت مَرَّةً جادوا

People follow the earth: when it is miserly,

People are followers of the earth, stingy when it withholds

they are miserly; and if it is generous once, so are they.

Yet generous when for once it is bountiful

تَماجَدَ القَومُ وَالأَلبابُ مُخبِرَةٌ

تَماجَدَ القَومُ وَالأَلبابُ مُخبِرَةٌ

أَن لَيسَ في هَذِهِ الأَجيالِ أَمجادُ

أَن لَيسَ في هَذِهِ الأَجيالِ أَمجادُ

People vie in boasting of glory, while reason declares

The people and hearts boast, reporting

that in these generations there are no noble people.

That there is no glory in these generations

وَالمُلكُ لِلَّهِ وَالدُنِّيا بِها غِيَرٌ

وَالمُلكُ لِلَّهِ وَالدُنِّيا بِها غِيَرٌ

خَيرٌ وَشَرٌّ وَإِعدامٌ وَإِنجادُ

خَيرٌ وَشَرٌّ وَإِعدامٌ وَإِنجادُ

And sovereignty is God's, and the world has its reversals:

And kingship belongs to God, and through it the world is fickle

good and evil, destitution and prosperity.

Good and evil, life and death

وَالناسُ شُتّى وَلَم يَجمَعُهُمُ غَرَضٌ

وَالناسُ شُتّى وَلَم يَجمَعُهُمُ غَرَضٌ

شَدٌّ وَحَلٌّ وَإِتِهامٌ وَإِنجادُ

شَدٌّ وَحَلٌّ وَإِتِهامٌ وَإِنجادُ

And people are diverse; no common aim has united them:

And people are diverse, with no shared goal

setting out and settling down, going to Tihamah and to Najd.

Vehemence, peace, blame and life

يا لَيلُ ضِدّانِ قَومٌ في الدُجى سُهُرٌ

يا لَيلُ ضِدّانِ قَومٌ في الدُجى سُهُرٌ

تَهَجَّدوكَ وَقَومٌ فيكَ هُجّادُ

تَهَجَّدوكَ وَقَومٌ فيكَ هُجّادُ

O night, two opposites: some, wakeful in the darkness,

O night of opposites, some stay up late concealed in the darkness

keep vigil through you, while others sleep within you.

And some sleep through you

أَنجُد أَخاكَ عَلى خَيرٍ يَهُمُّ بِهِ

أَنجُد أَخاكَ عَلى خَيرٍ يَهُمُّ بِهِ

فَالمُؤمِنونَ لَدى الخَيراتِ أَنجادُ

فَالمُؤمِنونَ لَدى الخَيراتِ أَنجادُ

Help your brother in a good deed he intends to do,

Help your brother with any good he intends

for believers are stalwart helpers in good works.

For the faithful are always ready for good works