اِسميmy name لِوَجهِكِfor your face ياO مُنىMuna صِفَةٌa description
اِسمي لِوَجهِكِ يا مُنى صِفَةٌ
فَكَفىso it suffices بِوَجهِكِwith your face مُخبِراًtelling بِاِسميof my name
فَكَفى بِوَجهِكِ مُخبِراً بِاِسمي
My name is a description of your face, O Muna.
My name describes your face, oh Muna
My name is but an epithet for your face, O Muna,
So your face suffices to reveal my name.
Your face alone reveals my name
For your face suffices to proclaim my name.
اللَهُGod وَفَّقَguided والِدَيَّmy parents لَهُto it
اللَهُ وَفَّقَ والِدَيَّ لَهُ
مِنfrom قَبلِbefore أَنthat أَهواكِI love you عَنwith عِلمِknowledge
مِن قَبلِ أَن أَهواكِ عَن عِلمِ
God guided my parents to it,
May God bless my parents before
God guided my parents to choose it,
Knowingly, before I came to love you.
I came to love you, unknown then
Long before I ever knew to love you.
اللَهَfear God (an appeal) فيin قَتليkilling me مُعَذِّبَتيmy tormentor
اللَهَ في قَتلي مُعَذِّبَتي
لاdo not تَقتُليkill فيfor غَيرِwithout ماemphatic particle جُرمِa crime
لا تَقتُلي في غَيرِ ما جُرمِ
Fear God in taking my life, my tormentor;
Oh God, in killing me, my torturer
Fear God regarding my slaying, O my tormentor,
Do not kill me when I have committed no crime.
Don't kill me for what I've not done
Do not kill me without a crime committed.
لاdo not تَفجَعيbereave أُمّيmy mother بِواحِدِهاof her only son
لا تَفجَعي أُمّي بِواحِدِها
لَنwill not تُخلِفيprovide a replacement مِثليone like me عَلىfor أُمّيmy mother
لَن تُخلِفي مِثلي عَلى أُمّي
Do not bereave my mother of her only son.
Don't make my mother grieve her only
Do not bereave my mother of her only child,
You will not give my mother another like me.
None can replace me for my mother
For you will never replace the likes of me for her.