بِحَياةِ زَينَبَ يا ابنَ عَبدِ الواحِدِ

بِحَياةِ زَينَبَ يا ابنَ عَبدِ الواحِدِ

وَبِحَقِّ كُلِّ بُنَيَّةٍ في ناهِدِ

وَبِحَقِّ كُلِّ بُنَيَّةٍ في ناهِدِ

By Zaynab's life, O son of Abd al-Wahid,

By the life of Zainab, O Ibn Abd al-Wahid

And by the sanctity of every little girl in Nahid,

And by the right of every maiden in her bloom

ما صارَ عِندَكَ رَوشَنُ ابنُ مُحَسِّنٍ

ما صارَ عِندَكَ رَوشَنُ ابنُ مُحَسِّنٍ

فيما يَقولُ النَّاسُ أَعدَلَ شاهِدِ

فيما يَقولُ النَّاسُ أَعدَلَ شاهِدِ

Rawshan, son of Muhassin, has not become, in your eyes,

What has become clear to you, Ibn Muhsin’s son

The most upright witness, according to what people say.

In what people say, the most just witness?

نَسَخَ التَّعاقُل مِنهُ خَلطَ عَمارَةٍ

نَسَخَ التَّعاقُل مِنهُ خَلطَ عَمارَةٍ

وافاهُ في هَذا الزَّمانِ البارِدِ

وافاهُ في هَذا الزَّمانِ البارِدِ

Feigned reason erased from him Amara's confusion,

Reason has been erased from him, he confused Amr

Which came upon him in this cold age.

And this cold time has reached him