لَعَمري وَما عَمري عَلَيَّ بِهَيِّنٍ

لَعَمري وَما عَمري عَلَيَّ بِهَيِّنٍ

لَقَد صُبِّحَت بِالخِزيِ أَهل النَمارِقِ

لَقَد صُبِّحَت بِالخِزيِ أَهل النَمارِقِ

By my life—and my life is no small thing to me—

By my life, times are not easy for me

Indeed, the people of al-Namāriq were visited with disgrace at dawn,

The people of luxury woke up in disgrace

بِأَيدي رِجالٍ هاجَروا نَحوَ رَبِّهِم

بِأَيدي رِجالٍ هاجَروا نَحوَ رَبِّهِم

يَجوسونَهُم ما بَينَ دُرتا وَبارِقِ

يَجوسونَهُم ما بَينَ دُرتا وَبارِقِ

At the hands of men who migrated toward their Lord,

At the hands of men who migrated towards their Lord

Sweeping through them between Durtā and Bāriq.

Attacking them between Durtā and Bāriq

قَتَلناهُم ما بَينَ مَرجِ مُسَلِّحٍ

قَتَلناهُم ما بَينَ مَرجِ مُسَلِّحٍ

وَبَينَ الهَوافي مِن طَريقِ البَذارِقِ

وَبَينَ الهَوافي مِن طَريقِ البَذارِقِ

We killed them between the meadow of Musalliḥ

We killed them, armed, between Marj and

And al-Hawāfī, along the escorts’ road.

Musalliḥ, and between al-Hawāfī on the route of al-Badāriq