1. إِن تُنصِفونا يا لَمَروانَ نَقتَرِب

    إِلَيكُم وَإِلّا فَأذَنوا بِبِعادِ

    If you treat us fairly, O clan of Marwan, we shall draw near

    To you; otherwise, know that we shall depart.

  2. فَإِنَّ لَنا عَنكُم مَراحاً وَمَذهَباً

    بِعيسٍ إِلى ريحِ الفَلاةِ صَوادي

    For away from you we have room to roam and somewhere to go,

    On pale camels straining toward the desert wind,

  3. مُخَيَّسَةٍ بُزلٍ تَخايَلُ في البُرى

    سَوارٍ عَلى طولِ الفَلاةِ غَوادي

    Tamed and mature, strutting in their nose-rings,

    Traveling by night and at dawn across the desert’s length.

  4. وَفي الأَرضِ عَن ذي الجورِ مَنأى وَمَذهَبٌ

    وَكُلُّ بِلادٍ أَوطَنَتكَ بِلادي

    And on earth there is refuge from the unjust, and somewhere to go;

    And every land that gives you a home is my land.

  5. وَماذا عَسى الحَجّاجُ يَبلُغُ جَهدُهُ

    إِذا نَحنُ خَلَّفنا حَفيرَ زِيادِ

    And what can al-Hajjaj’s utmost effort achieve

    Once we have left Hafir Ziyad behind?