ماذا تَقولُ لِأَفراخٍ بِذي مَرَخٍ

ماذا تَقولُ لِأَفراخٍ بِذي مَرَخٍ

حُمرِ الحَواصِلِ لا ماءٌ وَلا شَجَرُ

حُمرِ الحَواصِلِ لا ماءٌ وَلا شَجَرُ

What will you say to nestlings at Dhu Marakh,

What can you say to chicks in a barren land

Red-cropped, with neither water nor trees?

With scorched bowels, no water, no trees around

أَلقَيتَ كاسِبَهُم في قَعرِ مُظلِمَةٍ

أَلقَيتَ كاسِبَهُم في قَعرِ مُظلِمَةٍ

فَاِغفِر عَلَيكَ سَلامُ اللَهِ يا عُمَرُ

فَاِغفِر عَلَيكَ سَلامُ اللَهِ يا عُمَرُ

You have cast their breadwinner into the depths of a dark dungeon.

You left their breadwinner in the pit of darkness

So grant pardon—God's peace be upon you, O Umar.

So forgive them, may God’s peace be upon you Omar

أَنتَ الأَمينُ الَّذي مِن بَعدِ صاحِبِهِ

أَنتَ الأَمينُ الَّذي مِن بَعدِ صاحِبِهِ

أَلقَت إِلَيكَ مَقاليدَ النُهى البَشَرُ

أَلقَت إِلَيكَ مَقاليدَ النُهى البَشَرُ

You are the trusted one to whom, after his companion,

You are the trustee whom after his companion

Humankind handed the keys of wisdom.

Entrusted the keys of restraint to man

لَم يوثِروكَ بِها إِذ قَدَّموكَ لَها

لَم يوثِروكَ بِها إِذ قَدَّموكَ لَها

لَكِن لِأَنفُسِهِم كانَت بِكَ الخِيَرُ

لَكِن لِأَنفُسِهِم كانَت بِكَ الخِيَرُ

They did not favor you with it when they put you forward for it;

Not that they preferred you for it when they put you forth

Rather, the benefits you brought were for their own sake.

But for themselves with you was the good