وَحَقِّ هَذِي الأَعْيُنِ السَّاحِرَهْ

وَحَقِّ هَذِي الأَعْيُنِ السَّاحِرَهْ

وَحُسْنِ هَذي الوَجْنَةِ الزَّاهِرهْ

وَحُسْنِ هَذي الوَجْنَةِ الزَّاهِرهْ

By the sanctity of these enchanting eyes,

By the truth of these enchanting eyes,

and by the beauty of this radiant cheek,

And the beauty of this blossoming cheek,

لَوْ وَاصَلْتني في الدُّجَى لَمْ يَبِتْ

لَوْ وَاصَلْتني في الدُّجَى لَمْ يَبِتْ

قَلْبِي مِنْهَا وَهْوَ بالهاجِرَهْ

قَلْبِي مِنْهَا وَهْوَ بالهاجِرَهْ

if you joined me in the darkness, there would be no night

If you had kept me company in the darkness,

for my heart, since that cheek would keep it in noonday heat.

My heart would not have remained detached from you.

بِاللَّهِ خَفْ إِثْمِيَ يا قَاتِلي

بِاللَّهِ خَفْ إِثْمِيَ يا قَاتِلي

فَاليَوْمُ دُنْيا وغداً آخِرَهْ

فَاليَوْمُ دُنْيا وغداً آخِرَهْ

For God's sake, fear the guilt of killing me, O my slayer:

For God's sake, lighten my sin, oh my killer,

for today is this world, and tomorrow the Hereafter.

Today is the world, and tomorrow is the hereafter.

قلبيَ مِصْرٌ لكَ ما بَالُهُ

قلبيَ مِصْرٌ لكَ ما بَالُهُ

قَدْ ذَابَ مِنْ أَخْلَاقِكَ القاهِرَهْ

قَدْ ذَابَ مِنْ أَخْلَاقِكَ القاهِرَهْ

My heart is your Egypt—what ails it,

My heart is like Egypt for you, what's happened to it?

that it has melted under your conquering ways?

It has melted from your triumphant morals.

خِيلان ذاكَ الخَدِّ مِنْ مُقْلَتِي

خِيلان ذاكَ الخَدِّ مِنْ مُقْلَتِي

فَهِيَ لِذا في حُسْنِه حَائِرَهْ

فَهِيَ لِذا في حُسْنِه حَائِرَهْ

The beauty marks on that cheek come from my eye;

The moles on that cheek are like my eyelashes,

so my eye is bewildered by that cheek's beauty.

So it is confused in its beauty because of them.