أَنا الَّذي تَخلَعُه مَواليهِ

أَنا الَّذي تَخلَعُه مَواليهِ

وَكُلُّهُم بَعدَ الصَفاءِ قالِيَه

وَكُلُّهُم بَعدَ الصَفاءِ قالِيَه

I am the one whom his kinsmen disown.

I am he whom his friends cast off

And all of them, after affection, hate him.

And all, after kindliness, forsake

وَكُلُّهُم يُقسِمُ لا يَبالِيَه

وَكُلُّهُم يُقسِمُ لا يَبالِيَه

أَنا إِذا المَوتُ يَنوبُ غالِيَه

أَنا إِذا المَوتُ يَنوبُ غالِيَه

And each of them swears he cares nothing for him.

And all of them swear they care not

As for me, when death’s seething fury strikes,

I, when death smites the loved one

مُختَلِطٌ أَسفَلُهُ بِعالِيَه

مُختَلِطٌ أَسفَلُهُ بِعالِيَه

قَد يَعلَمُ الفِتيانُ أَنّي صالِيَه

قَد يَعلَمُ الفِتيانُ أَنّي صالِيَه

its bottom mingled with its top,

Am all mixed up, top and bottom

the young men surely know that I brave its fire,

The young men know well I'm a prayerful one

إِذا الحَديدُ رُفِعَت عَوالِيَه

إِذا الحَديدُ رُفِعَت عَوالِيَه

when iron’s spear-points are raised.

When the swords flash aloft in affray