أَلَم تَرَ أَنّا يَومَ حِنوِ ضَرِيَّةٍ

أَلَم تَرَ أَنّا يَومَ حِنوِ ضَرِيَّةٍ

حَمَينا وَقُلنا السَبيُ لا يُتَقَسَّمُ

حَمَينا وَقُلنا السَبيُ لا يُتَقَسَّمُ

Have you not seen that, on the day of Ḥinw Ḍariyya,

Did you not see that on the day of sorrow's visit

we gave protection and said, “The captives shall not be divided”?

We defended it and said: Captives are not to be divided!

ضَرَبنا بِأَكنافِ السَماءِ بُيوتَنا

ضَرَبنا بِأَكنافِ السَماءِ بُيوتَنا

عَلى ذِروَةٍ أَركانُها لا تُهَدَّمُ

عَلى ذِروَةٍ أَركانُها لا تُهَدَّمُ

We pitched our tents at the edges of heaven,

We pitched our tents upon the peaks of heaven,

upon a summit whose pillars are not torn down.

With foundations no torrent could wash away.

حَلَبنا بِأَخلافِ السَماءِ عَلَيهِمُ

حَلَبنا بِأَخلافِ السَماءِ عَلَيهِمُ

شَآبيبُ مَوتٍ تَستَهِلُّ وَتَرزِمُ

شَآبيبُ مَوتٍ تَستَهِلُّ وَتَرزِمُ

From heaven’s teats we milked down upon them

We milked down upon them death in streaming showers,

showers of death that pour forth and rumble.

Until they were cut down and removed from our midst.