سميت مكيا وحافظ مكة

سميت مكيا وحافظ مكة

لفؤادك القاسي علينا ينسب

لفؤادك القاسي علينا ينسب

You were named Makki, and Mecca’s guardian

You are named Mecca's protector, though your heart is harsh towards us,

Is linked to your heart, so cruel to us.

And you count union with you as being drawn into its prey,

وجعلت وصلك داخلا في صيدها

وجعلت وصلك داخلا في صيدها

وإنا لوصلك يا غزالي أرغب

وإنا لوصلك يا غزالي أرغب

And you made union with you part of its hunted game,

Yet I, my gazelle, for your union yearn far more

And we are more eager for union with you, O my gazelle.

So grace us with your lips, for they are from Zamzam's spring,

فاسمح بثغرك إنه من زمزم

فاسمح بثغرك إنه من زمزم

يا من يعذبنا الذ واعذب

يا من يعذبنا الذ واعذب

So be generous with your lips: compared with Zamzam, they are—

Oh you who torments us, yet is most sweet.

O you who torment us—more delicious and sweeter.