أَلا أَبلِغِ الضَحّاكَ أَنَّ عُروقَهُ

أَلا أَبلِغِ الضَحّاكَ أَنَّ عُروقَهُ

أَعيَت عَلى الإِسلامِ أَن تَتَمَجَّدا

أَعيَت عَلى الإِسلامِ أَن تَتَمَجَّدا

Hear now: tell al-Dahhak that his veins

Shall I not tell Al-Dahhak that his veins

have proved too intractable for Islam to ennoble.

are exhausted with Islam from excelling?

أَتُحِبُّ يُهدانَ الحِجازَ وَدينَهُم

أَتُحِبُّ يُهدانَ الحِجازَ وَدينَهُم

كَبِدَ الحِمارِ وَلا تُحِبُّ مُحَمَّدا

كَبِدَ الحِمارِ وَلا تُحِبُّ مُحَمَّدا

Do you love the Jews of the Hijaz and their faith,

Do you like the Hijaz and their religion

O donkey's liver, yet have no love for Muhammad?

like the liver of a donkey, yet dislike Muhammad?

وَإِذا نَشا لَكَ ناشِئٌ ذو غِرَّةٍ

وَإِذا نَشا لَكَ ناشِئٌ ذو غِرَّةٍ

فَهُّ الفُؤادِ أَمَرتَهُ فَتَهَوَّدا

فَهُّ الفُؤادِ أَمَرتَهُ فَتَهَوَّدا

And whenever a naive youth of yours grows up,

Whenever a youth with a sharp tongue arises for you

dull of heart, you command him, and he becomes a Jew.

you beguile him, so he becomes calm and gentle.

لَو كُنتَ مِنّا لَم تُخالِف دينَنا

لَو كُنتَ مِنّا لَم تُخالِف دينَنا

وَتَبَعتَ دينَ عَتيكَ حينَ تَشَهَّدا

وَتَبَعتَ دينَ عَتيكَ حينَ تَشَهَّدا

If you were one of us, you would not oppose our faith.

If you were one of us, you would not oppose our religion,

Yet you followed Atik's faith when he professed it—

and would have followed your father's religion when he became a Muslim.

ديناً لَعَمرُكَ ما يُوافِقُ دينَنا

ديناً لَعَمرُكَ ما يُوافِقُ دينَنا

ما اِستَنَّ آلٌ بِالبَدِيِّ وَخَوَّدا

ما اِستَنَّ آلٌ بِالبَدِيِّ وَخَوَّدا

a faith, by your life, that does not accord with our faith,

By your life! Your religion does not conform with ours,

so long as a mirage courses and races across the open desert.

Not one house stands by Al-Badi and Khawwad.