يعقوبُ عَمِّي وغيرُ بدِعٍ

يعقوبُ عَمِّي وغيرُ بدِعٍ

لو عمَّ قَلبي ولاءُ عمِّي

لو عمَّ قَلبي ولاءُ عمِّي

Ya‘qub is my uncle, and it would be no wonder

My uncle Ya'qub is unique and incomparable,

if devotion to my uncle filled my heart.

If my heart's affection for my uncle were to become apparent,

وُدِّي لهُ كالصبّاحِ عارٍ

وُدِّي لهُ كالصبّاحِ عارٍ

ولا أُورِّي ولا أُعَمِّي

ولا أُورِّي ولا أُعَمِّي

My affection for him is bare as the morning;

My love for him would shine at dawn like the rising sun,

I neither equivocate nor obscure my meaning.

I would neither hide it, nor pretend not to see.