أيها الرافع في المس

أيها الرافع في المس

جد بالصوت العقيرهْ

جد بالصوت العقيرهْ

O you who raise, in the mos—

O you who raise, in the mosque,

O you who chant at dawn

—que, your voice aloud,

your voice aloud,

Your harsh-toned prayers have slain me

قتلتني عينك النج

قتلتني عينك النج

لاء والقتل كبيرهْ

لاء والقتل كبيرهْ

Your eye has killed me—the large—

Your wide eye has slain me,

Your bright eyes have killed me

—and beautiful one; and killing is a grave sin.

and killing is a grave sin.

And killing is a grave thing

أيها الحاكم أنتم

أيها الحاكم أنتم

حكم فاصلوِ العشيرهْ

حكم فاصلوِ العشيرهْ

O judge, you all

O judge, you are

O you who govern, judge

are arbiters; decide the clan’s dispute.

arbiters who settle the clan's disputes.

And reconcile the clan

أجلالاً ما بقلبي

أجلالاً ما بقلبي

صنعت عينا مغيرهْ

صنعت عينا مغيرهْ

Out of reverence—what in my heart

Is it awe that, within my heart,

Know well there is in my heart

have al-Mughira’s two eyes wrought?

Mughira's two eyes have wrought?

No ill intent made against you