لَو كُنتُم تُنكِرونَ الغَدرَ قُلتُ لَكُم

لَو كُنتُم تُنكِرونَ الغَدرَ قُلتُ لَكُم

يا آلَ مَروانَ جاري مِنكُم الحَكَمُ

يا آلَ مَروانَ جاري مِنكُم الحَكَمُ

If you condemned treachery, I would say to you:

If you were denying treachery, I would have said to you,

O house of Marwan, my protector among you is al-Hakam.

O clan of Marwan, your rule flows from me,

وَأَتقيكُم يَمينَ اللَّهِ ضاحِيَةً

وَأَتقيكُم يَمينَ اللَّهِ ضاحِيَةً

عِندَ الشُهودِ وَقَد تُوفي بِها الذِّمَمُ

عِندَ الشُهودِ وَقَد تُوفي بِها الذِّمَمُ

And I would shield myself from you with an openly sworn oath by God,

And I would take a solemn oath by Allah in the presence of witnesses,

Before witnesses—an oath by which pledges are indeed fulfilled.

Thereby fulfilling the covenants.

لا كُنتُ أَحدَثتُ سوءاً في إِمارَتِكُم

لا كُنتُ أَحدَثتُ سوءاً في إِمارَتِكُم

وَلا الَّذي فاتَ مِنِّي قَبلَ ينتقمُ

وَلا الَّذي فاتَ مِنِّي قَبلَ ينتقمُ

I had committed no wrong under your rule,

Neither have I committed any wrong during your rule,

Nor is what I did before being avenged.

Nor does what preceded me seek vengeance.

نَحنُ الَّذينَ إِذا خِفتُم مُجَلِّلَةً

نَحنُ الَّذينَ إِذا خِفتُم مُجَلِّلَةً

قُلتُم لَنا إِنَّنا مِنكُم لِتَعتَصِموا

قُلتُم لَنا إِنَّنا مِنكُم لِتَعتَصِموا

We are those to whom, when you feared an overwhelming calamity,

We are the ones, when you feared a covering darkness,

You said, 'We are of your people,' to seek protection.

You said to us, "Through you we seek protection."

حَتّى إِذا اِنفَرَجَت عَنكُم دُجُنَّتها

حَتّى إِذا اِنفَرَجَت عَنكُم دُجُنَّتها

صِرتُم كَجَذمٍ فَلا إِلٌّ وَلا رَحِمُ

صِرتُم كَجَذمٍ فَلا إِلٌّ وَلا رَحِمُ

Until, once its darkness had lifted from you,

Until when its thick clouds parted from you,

You became like a severed stump, with neither covenant nor kinship.

You became like a dried-up root, no god and no kin.