اِرحَمونا بَني اليَهودِ كَفاكُم

اِرحَمونا بَني اليَهودِ كَفاكُم

ما جَمَعتُم بِحِذقِكُم مِن نُقودِ

ما جَمَعتُم بِحِذقِكُم مِن نُقودِ

Have mercy on us, sons of the Jews; enough for you

Have mercy on us, O children of the Jews, enough

is the money you have amassed through your shrewdness.

Of what you have gathered with your cunning of gold

وَأَصفَحوا عَن عُقولِنا وَدَعوا الخَلـ

وَأَصفَحوا عَن عُقولِنا وَدَعوا الخَلـ

ـقَ بِسِرِّ التَوراةِ وَالتُلمودِ

ـقَ بِسِرِّ التَوراةِ وَالتُلمودِ

And spare our minds, and leave humankind alone,

And turn a blind eye to our minds, and leave creation

by the mystery of the Torah and the Talmud.

To the secret of the Torah and Talmud

لا تَزيدوا عَلى الصُكوكِ فِخاخاً

لا تَزيدوا عَلى الصُكوكِ فِخاخاً

مِن غِناءٍ ما بَينَ دُفٍّ وَعودِ

مِن غِناءٍ ما بَينَ دُفٍّ وَعودِ

Do not add to the bonds further snares

Do not add more traps

of song between tambourine and oud.

Of melody between drums and lutes

وَيحَكُم إِنَّ جاكَ أَسرَفَ حَتّى

وَيحَكُم إِنَّ جاكَ أَسرَفَ حَتّى

زادَ في قَومِهِ عَلى داوودِ

زادَ في قَومِهِ عَلى داوودِ

Woe to you! Indeed, Jacques has gone so far

And it rules that Jack went too far

that, among his people, he has surpassed David.

Exceeding his people over David

أَسكِتوهُ لا أَسكَتَ اللَهُ ذاكَ الـ

أَسكِتوهُ لا أَسكَتَ اللَهُ ذاكَ الـ

ـصَوتَ صَوتَ المُتَيَّمِ الغِرّيدِ

ـصَوتَ صَوتَ المُتَيَّمِ الغِرّيدِ

Silence him—may God never silence that

Silence him, lest God silence that

voice, the voice of the love-enthralled songster.

Voice, the voice of the orphan singing

أَو دَعوهُ فِداؤُهُ إِن تَغَنّى

أَو دَعوهُ فِداؤُهُ إِن تَغَنّى

كُلُّ نَفسٍ وَكُلُّ ما في الوُجودِ

كُلُّ نَفسٍ وَكُلُّ ما في الوُجودِ

Or let him be—if he sings, let his ransom be

Or leave him, his ransom if he sings

every soul and all that exists.

Every soul and all that exists