تَساوَيتُمُ لا أَكثَرَ اللَهُ مِنكُمُ

تَساوَيتُمُ لا أَكثَرَ اللَهُ مِنكُمُ

فَما فيكُمُ وَالحَمدُ لِلَّهِ مَحمودُ

فَما فيكُمُ وَالحَمدُ لِلَّهِ مَحمودُ

You are all alike—may God not increase your numbers.

You are all equal, may Allah increase your number

For none of you, praise be to God, is praiseworthy.

Among you, praise be to Allah, are the praised

رَأَيتُكُمُ لا يَنجَحُ القَصدُ عِندَكُم

رَأَيتُكُمُ لا يَنجَحُ القَصدُ عِندَكُم

وَلا العِرفُ مَعروفٌ وَلا الجودُ مَوجودُ

وَلا العِرفُ مَعروفٌ وَلا الجودُ مَوجودُ

I found that no aim is achieved with you,

I saw you, no purpose succeeds with you

Nor is kindness known, nor generosity to be found.

Nor is proper conduct known, nor generosity found

وَدِدتُ بِأَنّي ما رَأَيتُ وُجوهَكُم

وَدِدتُ بِأَنّي ما رَأَيتُ وُجوهَكُم

وَأَنَّ طَريقاً جِئتُكُم مِنهُ مَسدودُ

وَأَنَّ طَريقاً جِئتُكُم مِنهُ مَسدودُ

I wished I had never seen your faces,

I wish I had not seen your faces

And that the road by which I came to you had been blocked.

And that I came to you by a blocked road

مَتى تُبعِدَنّي عَن حُدودِ بِلادِكُم

مَتى تُبعِدَنّي عَن حُدودِ بِلادِكُم

مُطَهَّمَةٌ جُردٌ وَمَهرِيَّةٌ قودُ

مُطَهَّمَةٌ جُردٌ وَمَهرِيَّةٌ قودُ

When will I be carried far from the borders of your land

When will you take me away from the outskirts of your lands

By well-built, sleek-coated steeds and long-necked Mahri she-camels,

Scorched, stripped bare, led by the halter?

وَأُصبِحُ لا يَجري بِبالِيَ ذِكرِكُم

وَأُصبِحُ لا يَجري بِبالِيَ ذِكرِكُم

وَتَقطَعُ ما بَيني وَبَينَكُمُ البيدُ

وَتَقطَعُ ما بَيني وَبَينَكُمُ البيدُ

And find myself with no thought of you crossing my mind,

And I will wake with no thought of you in my mind

And the deserts sever all ties between me and you?

And the distance will cut what lies between us