فَقُلْ لِلْحَمَاسِ يَتْرُكِ الفَخْرِ إِنَّمَا

فَقُلْ لِلْحَمَاسِ يَتْرُكِ الفَخْرِ إِنَّمَا

بَنَى اللَّؤْمُ بَيْتاً فَوْقَ كُلِّ يَمَانِ

بَنَى اللَّؤْمُ بَيْتاً فَوْقَ كُلِّ يَمَانِ

So tell al-Hamas to abandon boasting; for indeed

baseness has built a house over every Yemeni.

أَقَرَّتْ بِهِ نَجْرَانُ ثُمَّ حَبَوْنَنٌ

أَقَرَّتْ بِهِ نَجْرَانُ ثُمَّ حَبَوْنَنٌ

فَتَثْلِيث فَالأَرْسَانُ فَالقَرَظَانِ

فَتَثْلِيث فَالأَرْسَانُ فَالقَرَظَانِ

Najran acknowledged it, then Habawnan,

then Tathlith, then al-Arsan, then al-Qarazan.

تَمَنَّيْتَ أَنْ تَلقَى فَوَارِسَ عَامِرٍ

تَمَنَّيْتَ أَنْ تَلقَى فَوَارِسَ عَامِرٍ

بِصَحْرَاءَ بَيْنَ السُّودِ والحَدَثَانِ

بِصَحْرَاءَ بَيْنَ السُّودِ والحَدَثَانِ

You wished to meet the horsemen of Amir

in a desert between al-Sud and al-Hadathan.

أَيَا لَهْفَتِي أَلاَّ تَكُونَ شَهِدْتَهُمْ

أَيَا لَهْفَتِي أَلاَّ تَكُونَ شَهِدْتَهُمْ

فَتُسْقَى بِكَأُسَيْ ذِلَّةٍ وهَوَانِ

فَتُسْقَى بِكَأُسَيْ ذِلَّةٍ وهَوَانِ

Ah, my regret that you were not there to witness them,

to be made to drink from two cups of abasement and humiliation.

ولَوْ كُنْتَ جِرْمَ الخُنْفُسَاءِ شَهِدْتَهُمْ

ولَوْ كُنْتَ جِرْمَ الخُنْفُسَاءِ شَهِدْتَهُمْ

جُعِلْتَ قَنَاةً غَيْرَ ذَاتِ سِنَانِ

جُعِلْتَ قَنَاةً غَيْرَ ذَاتِ سِنَانِ

And even had you been the size of a beetle when you faced them,

you would have been made a spear without a spearhead.

ولَوْ شَهِدَتْ أُمُّ النَّجَاشيِّ ضَرْبَنَا

ولَوْ شَهِدَتْ أُمُّ النَّجَاشيِّ ضَرْبَنَا

بِصِفِّينَ فَدَّتْنَا بِكُلِّ يَمَانِي

بِصِفِّينَ فَدَّتْنَا بِكُلِّ يَمَانِي

And had al-Najashi's mother witnessed our blows

at Siffin, she would have ransomed us with every Yemeni.