يَقولونَ جاهِداً يا جَميلَ بِغَزوَةٍ

يَقولونَ جاهِداً يا جَميلَ بِغَزوَةٍ

لِتَكسَبَ أَجراً وَالفِخارُ يَزيدُ

لِتَكسَبَ أَجراً وَالفِخارُ يَزيدُ

They say, "Fight hard, O Jamil, on a raid,

They say, "O Jamīl, go on a raid,

To earn a reward, while glory grows."

To gain reward and glory!"

فَقُلتُ كَفاني الغانِياتُ وَحَربُها

فَقُلتُ كَفاني الغانِياتُ وَحَربُها

وَأَيُّ جِهادٍ غَيرَهُنَّ أُريدُ

وَأَيُّ جِهادٍ غَيرَهُنَّ أُريدُ

So I said, "The beauties and their warfare suffice me;

I said, "The singing girls suffice me, warring with them,

And what struggle other than with them would I desire?

What other struggle do I want?"

فَكُلُّ حَديتٍ بَينَهُنَّ بَشاشَةٌ

فَكُلُّ حَديتٍ بَينَهُنَّ بَشاشَةٌ

لِمُغرَمٍ أَلقى السَمعَ وَهوَ شَهيدُ

لِمُغرَمٍ أَلقى السَمعَ وَهوَ شَهيدُ

For every conversation among them is a delight

So our every conversation among them is delightful,

To a lovesick man who lends an ear, fully attentive.

To a lover who inclines his hearing, though slain.

وَمَن ذا الَّذي يَأبى لَدَيهُنَّ حَتفَهُ

وَمَن ذا الَّذي يَأبى لَدَيهُنَّ حَتفَهُ

وَكُلُّ قَتيلٌ بَينَهُنَّ شَهيدُ

وَكُلُّ قَتيلٌ بَينَهُنَّ شَهيدُ

And who would refuse his death in their presence,

And who refuses his doom before them?

When everyone slain among them is a martyr?"

For every one slain among them is a martyr.