هَل تَسمَعُ الأَزدُ ما يَقالُ لَها

هَل تَسمَعُ الأَزدُ ما يَقالُ لَها

في ساحَةِ الدَّارِ أَم بِها صَمَمُ

في ساحَةِ الدَّارِ أَم بِها صَمَمُ

Do the Azd hear what is said to them

Does Al-Azd hear what is said to her

in the courtyard of the house, or are they deaf?

In the courtyard of the house, or is she deaf to it?

اختَتَنَ القَومُ بَعدَما هَرِموا

اختَتَنَ القَومُ بَعدَما هَرِموا

وَاِستَعرَبوا ضَلّةً وَهُم عَجَمُ

وَاِستَعرَبوا ضَلّةً وَهُم عَجَمُ

The people were circumcised after they had grown old,

The people were circumcised after they grew old

and misguidedly claimed to be Arabs, though they are non-Arabs.

And they became Arabized, having gone astray, while they are ‘Ajam