بَني عَمِّنا ما أَسرَعَ اللَّومَ مِنكُمُ

بَني عَمِّنا ما أَسرَعَ اللَّومَ مِنكُمُ

إِلَينا وَما نَبغي عَلَيكُم وَلا نَجُر

إِلَينا وَما نَبغي عَلَيكُم وَلا نَجُر

Cousins, how swiftly blame comes from you

O sons of our uncle, how quickly you blame us

to us, though we neither wrong you nor act unjustly.

When we desire no ill upon you nor injure you

بَني عَمِّنا إِنَّ الرِّكابَ بِأَهلِها

بَني عَمِّنا إِنَّ الرِّكابَ بِأَهلِها

إِذا ساءَها المَولى تَروحُ وَتَبتَكِر

إِذا ساءَها المَولى تَروحُ وَتَبتَكِر

Cousins, indeed the riding camels, bearing their riders,

O sons of our uncle, caravans are ruled by their leader

when a kinsman mistreats them, depart at evening and dawn.

When the Master is displeased, they wander and rise early

بَني عَمِّنا إِنّا نَفيءُ إِلَيكُمُ

بَني عَمِّنا إِنّا نَفيءُ إِلَيكُمُ

بِأَحلامِنا في الحادِثِ الهائِلِ النُّكُر

بِأَحلامِنا في الحادِثِ الهائِلِ النُّكُر

Cousins, indeed we turn back to you

O sons of our uncle, we shall return to you

with our forbearance amid a terrifying, grievous calamity.

With our dreams after this terrible, monstrous event

وَنَشرَبُ رَنقَ الماءِ مِن دونِ سُخطِكُم

وَنَشرَبُ رَنقَ الماءِ مِن دونِ سُخطِكُم

وَلا يَستَوي الصافي مِنَ الماءِ وَالكَدِر

وَلا يَستَوي الصافي مِنَ الماءِ وَالكَدِر

And we drink murky water rather than incur your displeasure,

And we shall drink the pure water without your displeasure

though clear water and turbid water are not alike.

For the pure and the murky water are not equal

أَرى قَومَنا لا يَغفِرونَ ذُنوبَنا

أَرى قَومَنا لا يَغفِرونَ ذُنوبَنا

وَنَحنُ إِذا ما أَذنَبوا لَهُم غُفُر

وَنَحنُ إِذا ما أَذنَبوا لَهُم غُفُر

I see our people do not forgive our sins,

I see our people do not forgive our sins

yet whenever they sin, we are forgiving toward them.

Yet we, if they sin against us, forgive