إِمّا تَرَيني أَمام القَوم مُتَّبَعا

إِمّا تَرَيني أَمام القَوم مُتَّبَعا

فَقَد أُرى في وَراء اللَّيل أتَّبع

فَقَد أُرى في وَراء اللَّيل أتَّبع

If you see me ahead of the people, being followed,

Either you see me following the people

Yet I may be seen behind the night, following.

Or I am seen behind the night following

يَوما أُبيحُ فَلا أُرعِي عَلى نَشَب

يَوما أُبيحُ فَلا أُرعِي عَلى نَشَب

وَأَستَبيح فَلا أُبقي وَلا أَدع

وَأَستَبيح فَلا أُبقي وَلا أَدع

One day I give freely, with no regard for wealth,

A day comes when passions are unleashed

And I plunder, sparing nothing and leaving nothing.

And I transgress - leaving nothing behind

لا تَسأَلي القَوم عَن حىّ صحِبتُهم

لا تَسأَلي القَوم عَن حىّ صحِبتُهم

ماذا صَنَعتُ وَماذا أَهله صَنَعوا

ماذا صَنَعتُ وَماذا أَهله صَنَعوا

Do not ask the people about a tribe whose company I kept—

Do not ask the people about the life of their companion -

What I did and what its people did.

What I have done and what his people have done