وَمِن بَراغيثَ تَنفي النَومَ عَن بَصَري

وَمِن بَراغيثَ تَنفي النَومَ عَن بَصَري

كَأَنَّ جَفنَيَّ عَن عَيني قَصيرانِ

كَأَنَّ جَفنَيَّ عَن عَيني قَصيرانِ

And because of fleas that banish sleep from my sight,

And among the fleeting sparks that banish sleep from my eyes

it is as though my two eyelids were too short to cover my eye.

As though my eyelids from my eyes were far too brief

يَطلُبنَ مِنِّيَ ثَأراً لَستُ أَعرِفُهُ

يَطلُبنَ مِنِّيَ ثَأراً لَستُ أَعرِفُهُ

إِلّا عَداوَةَ سودانٍ لِبيضانِ

إِلّا عَداوَةَ سودانٍ لِبيضانِ

They seek vengeance from me that I know nothing of,

They seek from me a vengeance I know not

except the enmity of black ones toward white ones.

Save the hatred of black men for white