لَعَنَ اللَهُ شَرَّةَ الدورِ كوثى

لَعَنَ اللَهُ شَرَّةَ الدورِ كوثى

وَرَماها بِالفَقرِ وَالإِمعارِ

وَرَماها بِالفَقرِ وَالإِمعارِ

May God curse Kutha, the vilest of houses,

May God curse the evils of the abodes like Kutha

and afflict it with poverty and destitution.

And afflict it with poverty and barrenness

لَستُ أَعني كوثى العِراقِ وَلَكِن

لَستُ أَعني كوثى العِراقِ وَلَكِن

شَرَّةَ الدورِ دارَ عَبدِ الدارِ

شَرَّةَ الدورِ دارَ عَبدِ الدارِ

I do not mean Kutha in Iraq, but

I do not mean the Kutha of Iraq but

the vilest of houses—the house of Abd al-Dar.

The evils of the abodes, the house of the meek one

حَوَتِ اللُؤمَ وَالسَفاةَ جَميعاً

حَوَتِ اللُؤمَ وَالسَفاةَ جَميعاً

فَاِحتَوَت ذاكَ كُلُّهُ في قَرارِ

فَاِحتَوَت ذاكَ كُلُّهُ في قَرارِ

It gathered baseness and folly together,

It contained all the villains and debauchees

and so held all of that in a single abode.

And that contained all of them in its bosom

وَإِذا ما سَمَت قُرَيشٌ لِمَجدٍ

وَإِذا ما سَمَت قُرَيشٌ لِمَجدٍ

خَلَّفَتها في دارِها بِصَغارِ

خَلَّفَتها في دارِها بِصَغارِ

And whenever Quraysh rose toward glory,

And if Quraysh aspired for glory

they left it behind in its house, humiliated.

It left behind in its abode only the young