أُمّي الشَريعَةُ وَالمُقيمُ لَها أَبي

أُمّي الشَريعَةُ وَالمُقيمُ لَها أَبي

وَبَنو بَنيها كُلُّهُم إِخواني

وَبَنو بَنيها كُلُّهُم إِخواني

My mother is the sacred law, and its upholder is my father.

My mother is my creed, and its upholder is my father,

And the sons of her sons are all my brothers.

And all its people are my brethren and comrades.

أَأَعَزُّ والِدَتي وَأَنكُرُ والِدي

أَأَعَزُّ والِدَتي وَأَنكُرُ والِدي

وَإِلى عَدايَ أَفُرُّ مِن أَعواني

وَإِلى عَدايَ أَفُرُّ مِن أَعواني

Shall I honor my mother and deny my father,

Shall I glorify my mother while denying my father?

and flee to my enemies from my helpers,

Shall I flee from my own unto my enemies?

وَأَفُرُّ مِن أُنسي إِلى وَحشِ الفَلا

وَأَفُرُّ مِن أُنسي إِلى وَحشِ الفَلا

إِن كُنتُ ذاكَ فَلَستُ بِالإِنسانِ

إِن كُنتُ ذاكَ فَلَستُ بِالإِنسانِ

and flee from my familiar company to the wild beasts of the wilderness?

Shall I desert my own kindred for the wild beasts?

If I am like that, then I am no human being.

If I did so, I would not be human.