أَفي نَوارَ تُناجيني وَقَد عَلِقَت

أَفي نَوارَ تُناجيني وَقَد عَلِقَت

مِنّي نَوارُ بِحَبلٍ مُحكَمِ العُقَدِ

مِنّي نَوارُ بِحَبلٍ مُحكَمِ العُقَدِ

Do you speak privately to me of Nawar, when she has become bound

Do you whisper to me in the glow of fires, when from me

To me—Nawar—by a cord whose knots are firmly tied?

The glow has been tied with a knotted rope?

إِن كُنتَ ناقِلَ عِزّي عَن أُرومَتِهِ

إِن كُنتَ ناقِلَ عِزّي عَن أُرومَتِهِ

فَاِنقُل شَرَورَى فَأَورِدهُ عَلى أُحَدِ

فَاِنقُل شَرَورَى فَأَورِدهُ عَلى أُحَدِ

If you would remove my glory from its ancestral root,

If you relay my glory from its high place,

Then move Sharawra and bring it onto Uhud.

Then relay my misfortunes, and direct them to Uhud.

أَو كُنتَ ناقِلَ عِزّي عَن أَرومَتِهِ

أَو كُنتَ ناقِلَ عِزّي عَن أَرومَتِهِ

فَاِنقُل ثَبيراً بِما جَمَّعتَ مِن سَبَدِ

فَاِنقُل ثَبيراً بِما جَمَّعتَ مِن سَبَدِ

Or if you would remove my glory from its ancestral root,

Whether you relay my glory from its high place,

Then move Thabir with the hair you have gathered.

Then relay news of how I gathered the army at Badr.