أَقولُ لِقَمقامِ بنِ زَيدٍ أَلا تَرى

أَقولُ لِقَمقامِ بنِ زَيدٍ أَلا تَرى

سَنا البَرقِ يَبدو لِلعُيونِ النَواظِرِ

سَنا البَرقِ يَبدو لِلعُيونِ النَواظِرِ

I say to Qamqam son of Zayd: Do you not see

I say to Qamaqam son of Zayd, do you not see

the lightning’s radiance appearing to gazing eyes?

The lightning of youth flash in the eyes of the onlookers

فَإِن تَبكِ لِلبَرقِ الَّذي هَيَّجَ الهَوى

فَإِن تَبكِ لِلبَرقِ الَّذي هَيَّجَ الهَوى

أُعِنكَ وَإِن تَصبِر فَلَستَ بِصابِرِ

أُعِنكَ وَإِن تَصبِر فَلَستَ بِصابِرِ

If you weep for the lightning that stirred love,

So if you weep for the lightning that stirred up passion

I will help you; and if you endure, you are no patient man.

I will help you, and if you show patience, you are not patient

سَقى اللَهُ حَيّاً بَينَ ضارَةَ وَالحِمى

سَقى اللَهُ حَيّاً بَينَ ضارَةَ وَالحِمى

حِمى الرَشفِ صَوبَ المُدجِناتِ المَواطِرِ

حِمى الرَشفِ صَوبَ المُدجِناتِ المَواطِرِ

May God water a tribe between Darah and the preserve,

May God give water to the living between Darah and Al-Hima

the preserve of al-Rashf, with the downpour of dark, rain-bearing clouds.

The protected area near the pouring rainclouds

أَمينَ وَأَدّى اللَهَ مَن كانَ مِنهُمُ

أَمينَ وَأَدّى اللَهَ مَن كانَ مِنهُمُ

إِلَيهِم وَوَقّاهُم صُروفَ المَقادِرِ

إِلَيهِم وَوَقّاهُم صُروفَ المَقادِرِ

Amen! And may God bring back whoever belongs to them

Amen, and may God fulfill whoever was among them

to them, and protect them from the vicissitudes of fate.

For them, and protect them from the turns of fate