أَما وَالَّذِى حَجَّت لَهُ العِيسُ وَارتَمى

أَما وَالَّذِى حَجَّت لَهُ العِيسُ وَارتَمى

لِرِضوانِهِ شَعثٌ طَوِيلٌ ذَمِيلُهَا

لِرِضوانِهِ شَعثٌ طَوِيلٌ ذَمِيلُهَا

Indeed, by Him for whom the pale camels made pilgrimage and sped—

By Him to whom the deer prostrated and for whose pleasure

shaggy, seeking His favor, their trotting long—

Many long and dangling forelocks were shorn,

لَئِن دائراتُ الدَّهرِ يَوماً أَدَرنَ لِى

لَئِن دائراتُ الدَّهرِ يَوماً أَدَرنَ لِى

عَلَى أُمِّ عَمرٍو نَوبةً لا أُقِيلُهَا

عَلَى أُمِّ عَمرٍو نَوبةً لا أُقِيلُهَا

if the turns of fate should one day grant me

If the turns of fate should one day cause for me

a turn against Umm ‘Amr, I shall not pardon her.

Over Umm 'Amr a mischance, I shall not forsake it