تُدِرُّ وَتَستَعوي لَنا كُلَّ كاشِحٍ

تُدِرُّ وَتَستَعوي لَنا كُلَّ كاشِحٍ

وَمِن قَبلِها كُنّا نُسَمّيكَ عاصِما

وَمِن قَبلِها كُنّا نُسَمّيكَ عاصِما

You rouse every spiteful foe and set him howling against us;

You toss about uneasily for us whenever a torrent rages,

And before this, we used to call you Asim—‘Protector.’

And before it we used to call you a protector.

بِحَمدِ إِلَهي أَنَّني لَم أَكُن لَهُم

بِحَمدِ إِلَهي أَنَّني لَم أَكُن لَهُم

غُرابَ شَمالٍ يَنتِفُ الرّيشَ حاتِما

غُرابَ شَمالٍ يَنتِفُ الرّيشَ حاتِما

Praise be to my God that I was not, for them,

By the grace of my God I was not for them

A crow on the left, plucking feathers and presaging doom.

A northern raven plucking out feathers unceasingly.

كَأَنَّ عَلَيهِ تاجَ آلِ مُحرِّقٍ

كَأَنَّ عَلَيهِ تاجَ آلِ مُحرِّقٍ

بِأَن ضُرَّ مَولاهُ وَأَصبَحَ سالِما

بِأَن ضُرَّ مَولاهُ وَأَصبَحَ سالِما

As though he wore the crown of the house of Muharriq,

As if on him were a crown of the burning dynasty,

Because his patron was harmed while he came away unscathed.

Since his master was harmed and he became submissive.