قوّضtake down خيامَكyour tents منfrom أرضٍa land تُضَامُyou are wronged بهاin it
قوّض خيامَك من أرضٍ تُضَامُ بها
وجَانِبِand shun الذلَّhumiliation إنfor indeed الذلَّhumiliation يُجتَنَبُis to be shunned
وجَانِبِ الذلَّ إن الذلَّ يُجتَنَبُ
Strike your tents and leave a land where you are wronged.
Dismantle your tents from a land that oppresses you
And shun humiliation, for humiliation is to be shunned.
And avoid disgrace, for disgrace must be avoided
وارحَلand depart إذاif كانتِare الأَوطَانُthe homelands مُنقصَةًdiminishing one's worth
وارحَل إذا كانتِ الأَوطَانُ مُنقصَةً
فَمَندَلُfor sandalwood الهندٍof India فيin أوطانِهits native lands حَطَبُfirewood
فَمَندَلُ الهندٍ في أوطانِه حَطَبُ
And depart if your homelands diminish your worth.
Move on if homelands diminish you
For Indian sandalwood is mere firewood in its native lands.
For the palm tree of India is but firewood in its homelands