لبَّى هَواكُم فابتَدى يَكتُم

لبَّى هَواكُم فابتَدى يَكتُم

وسرُّ من لبَّى الهَوى مُحرِمُ

وسرُّ من لبَّى الهَوى مُحرِمُ

He answered your love’s call, then began to conceal it,

He obeyed your whims and began to hide

and the secret of one who answers love’s call is consecrated.

The secret of one who obeys desire is forbidden

فقلت إدلَح أوصِني إنَّما

فقلت إدلَح أوصِني إنَّما

تمامُ نُسكِ المُحرِمينَ الدَّمُ

تمامُ نُسكِ المُحرِمينَ الدَّمُ

So I said, “Trudge on; counsel me: only

So I said, spears guide me, indeed

blood completes the rites of consecrated pilgrims.”

The pilgrims' rituals are complete with blood

ثمَّ اطَّرَحناهُ ومَجفُونَه

ثمَّ اطَّرَحناهُ ومَجفُونَه

فصارَ لا مِنَّا ولا مِنكُمُ

فصارَ لا مِنَّا ولا مِنكُمُ

Then we cast him aside, along with his sheathed [sword],

Then we cast him aside, and his body

so he became neither one of us nor one of you.

Became neither mine nor yours

وفاتنِ المُقلةِ منهوكةٍ

وفاتنِ المُقلةِ منهوكةٍ

وشرُّ ما بالمَقسِم المُقسَمُ

وشرُّ ما بالمَقسِم المُقسَمُ

And a charmer whose eye is languid—

And the slender one's seduction, exhausted

and the worst thing in an oath is what is sworn by—

The worst divider is the oath sworn

يكونُ لا يُسلَمُ مِنها وما

يكونُ لا يُسلَمُ مِنها وما

عِندكَ منها أنَّها تَسلَمُ

عِندكَ منها أنَّها تَسلَمُ

one is not delivered from it, while all

It remains unsafe from her, though you

you want for it is that it remain safe.

Think she is safe with you

وأجمعَ النَّاسُ عَلى لَومِهِ

وأجمعَ النَّاسُ عَلى لَومِهِ

ظُلماً وقالُوا ساءَ ما يَحكمُ

ظُلماً وقالُوا ساءَ ما يَحكمُ

And the people unanimously agreed to blame him,

And people unanimously blamed him

unjustly, and said, “How badly he judges!”

Unjustly, saying he judges poorly

حتَّى إذا أسرَفَ في ظُلمِه

حتَّى إذا أسرَفَ في ظُلمِه

وهُم إذا ما ظُلموا أظلَمُ

وهُم إذا ما ظُلموا أظلَمُ

Until, when he went too far in his injustice—

Until, exceeding in his injustice

and they, whenever wronged, are more unjust—

When wronged, they wronged even more

تَبيَّنُوها أنَّها فُرصةٌ

تَبيَّنُوها أنَّها فُرصةٌ

أفردَه اللَّهُ بها فِيهمُ

أفردَه اللَّهُ بها فِيهمُ

they recognized it as an opportunity

It became clear it was an opportunity

with which God had singled him out among them.

God singled out for him against them