أَكثَرتُمُ التَصفيقَ في مَوطِنٍ

أَكثَرتُمُ التَصفيقَ في مَوطِنٍ

كانَ البُكا فيهِ بِنا أَليَقا

كانَ البُكا فيهِ بِنا أَليَقا

You have overdone the applause in a setting

You have applauded too much in a place

where weeping would have suited us better.

where weeping would have been more fitting for us.

فَأَكرِموا صَبري بِإِنصاتِكُم

فَأَكرِموا صَبري بِإِنصاتِكُم

وَليُعذَرِ الدَمعُ إِذا صَفَّقا

وَليُعذَرِ الدَمعُ إِذا صَفَّقا

So honor my patience with your attentive listening,

So honor my patience with your silent attention,

and let the tears be excused, should they applaud.

and let tears be excused if they applaud.