ليسis not إذاwhen قلتمyou say أبوناour father وأمناand our mother
ليس إذا قلتم أبونا وأمنا
هناكthere مدانone who rivals ولاnor متقاربone who comes close
هناك مدان ولا متقارب
When you say, 'Our father and our mother,' there is no
If you claim our father and mother
rival there, nor anyone who comes close.
Are not here, close and united
وَماand not وَلَدَتكُمshe bore you حَيَّةُHayya بنَةُdaughter of مالِكٍMalik
وَما وَلَدَتكُم حَيَّةُ بنَةُ مالِكٍ
سِفاحاًin fornication وماand not كانتwere أحاديثُtales كاذِبِa liar
سِفاحاً وما كانت أحاديثُ كاذِبِ
Hayya, daughter of Malik, did not bear you
And you were not born of a serpent, child of Malik
in fornication, nor were these a liar's tales.
A tyrant, and your talks are not lies
ولكنbut أبوكمyour father فقعسٌFaqʿas قدindeed علمتمyou know
ولكن أبوكم فقعسٌ قد علمتم
ومنصبكمand your lineage إنif عدتمyou are reckoned فيamong المناصبthe lineages
ومنصبكم إن عدتم في المناصب
But your father is Faqʿas, as you well know,
But your father is a weakling, as you know
And your lineage, if you are reckoned among lineages.
And your status, if counted, is low
فهاso behold هذهthese أقدامناour feet فيin نعالكمyour sandals
فها هذه أقدامنا في نعالكم
وآنفناand our noses بينbetween اللحيthe jaws والحواجبand the eyebrows
وآنفنا بين اللحي والحواجب
So behold: these are our feet in your sandals,
And our noses between beard and brows
And our noses between the jaws and the eyebrows.
And our giving in our tents and refusing
وإعطاؤناand our giving فيin خيمناour nature وإباؤناand our refusal
وإعطاؤنا في خيمنا وإباؤنا
إذاwhen ماemphatic particle أبيناwe refuse لاnot ندرwe yield milk لغاصبto a usurper
إذا ما أبينا لا ندر لغاصب
Our giving is in our nature; as for our refusal—
When we refuse, we don't care for any aggressor
When we refuse, we yield no milk to a usurper.
Partial English translation: 9 of 10 Arabic lines translated.