أَلا لا أُبالي إِن نَجا اِبنُ بَوزَلٍ

أَلا لا أُبالي إِن نَجا اِبنُ بَوزَلٍ

ثَوائي وَتَقيِيدي بِحُجرٍ لَيالِيا

ثَوائي وَتَقيِيدي بِحُجرٍ لَيالِيا

Ah, I do not care, if Ibn Bawzal escapes,

I care not if the son of Bozal survives,

about my staying and being shackled in Hujr for nights.

My imprisonment by night with stone chains,

إِذا حُمَّ أَمرٌ فَهوَ لا بُدَّ واقِعٌ

إِذا حُمَّ أَمرٌ فَهوَ لا بُدَّ واقِعٌ

لَهُ لا أُبالي ما عَلَيَّ وَلا لِيا

لَهُ لا أُبالي ما عَلَيَّ وَلا لِيا

When a matter is decreed, it must inevitably come to pass.

When a matter becomes inevitable,

For his sake, I care not what is against me or in my favor.

It must happen, I care not what befalls me.

هُوَ العَسَلُ الماذِيُّ طَوراً وَتارَةً

هُوَ العَسَلُ الماذِيُّ طَوراً وَتارَةً

هُوَ السُمُّ وَالذيفانُ وَاللَيثُ عادِيا

هُوَ السُمُّ وَالذيفانُ وَاللَيثُ عادِيا

It is pure white honey at one time, and at another,

He is honey at times, and poison at others,

it is poison and deadly venom, and a lion attacking.

Both raging lion and gentle fawn,

حَلَفتُ لَها أَن قَد وَجِدتُ مِنَ الهَوى

حَلَفتُ لَها أَن قَد وَجِدتُ مِنَ الهَوى

أَخا المَوتِ لا بِدعاً وَلا مُتَآسِيا

أَخا المَوتِ لا بِدعاً وَلا مُتَآسِيا

I swore to her that in love I had indeed found

I swore to her that in love I found,

death's brother—not as the first to suffer, nor as one finding solace.

A brother of death, no pretender, no impostor.