يا عَينِ جودي بِدَمعٍ مِنكِ مُهراقِ

يا عَينِ جودي بِدَمعٍ مِنكِ مُهراقِ

إِذا هَدى الناسُ أَو هَمّوا بِإِطراقِ

إِذا هَدى الناسُ أَو هَمّوا بِإِطراقِ

O eye, be lavish with the tears you shed,

O eye, be generous with a tear of yours

When people grow quiet or are about to bow their heads.

When people are rightly guided or think of turning away

إِنّي تُذَكِّرُني صَخراً إِذا سَجَعَت

إِنّي تُذَكِّرُني صَخراً إِذا سَجَعَت

عَلى الغُصونِ هَتوفٌ ذاتُ أَطواقِ

عَلى الغُصونِ هَتوفٌ ذاتُ أَطواقِ

Indeed, she reminds me of Sakhr whenever she coos—

You remind me of a rock when it laments

Upon the branches, a loud-calling dove with rings about her neck—

With a grieving ostrich upon its branches

وَكُلُّ عَبرى تَبيتُ اللَيلَ ساهِرَةً

وَكُلُّ عَبرى تَبيتُ اللَيلَ ساهِرَةً

تَبكي بُكاءَ حَزينِ القَلبِ مُشتاقِ

تَبكي بُكاءَ حَزينِ القَلبِ مُشتاقِ

And every tearful woman who spends the night awake,

And every teardrop spends the night awake

Weeping as one sorrowful at heart and full of longing weeps.

Weeping the sorrowful weeping of a longing heart

لا تَكذِبَنَّ فَإِنَّ المَوتَ مُختَرِمٌ

لا تَكذِبَنَّ فَإِنَّ المَوتَ مُختَرِمٌ

كُلَّ البَرِيَّةِ غَيرَ الواحِدِ الباقي

كُلَّ البَرِيَّةِ غَيرَ الواحِدِ الباقي

Do not lie, for death cuts down

Do not lie, for death is destructive

All creation except the One who endures.

To all creation except the One Everlasting

أَنتَ الفَتى الماجِدُ الحامي حَقيقَتَهُ

أَنتَ الفَتى الماجِدُ الحامي حَقيقَتَهُ

تُعطي الجَزيلَ بِوَجهٍ مِنكَ مِشراقِ

تُعطي الجَزيلَ بِوَجهٍ مِنكَ مِشراقِ

You are the noble youth who guards his kin and honor;

You are the noble young man true to himself

You give lavish gifts with your face aglow.

Giving bountifully with a radiant face from you

وَالعَودَ تُعطي مَعاً وَالنابَ مُكتَنِفاً

وَالعَودَ تُعطي مَعاً وَالنابَ مُكتَنِفاً

وَكُلَّ طِرفٍ إِلى الغاياتِ سَبّاقِ

وَكُلَّ طِرفٍ إِلى الغاياتِ سَبّاقِ

And you give the old male camel and old she-camel together, gathering them together,

And a branch you give as well as a flute encompassed

And every thoroughbred steed that races ahead to the finish.

Every gaze to the goals is racing

إِنّي سَأَبكي أَبا حَسّانَ نادِبَةً

إِنّي سَأَبكي أَبا حَسّانَ نادِبَةً

ما زِلتُ في كُلِّ إِمساءٍ وَإِشراقِ

ما زِلتُ في كُلِّ إِمساءٍ وَإِشراقِ

Indeed, I shall weep for Abu Hassan, lamenting him,

I will weep for Abu Hassaan lamenting

As long as I live, at every nightfall and sunrise.

I have not ceased in any evening or dawn