سيف جفنيكَ دائِماً مَسلول

سيف جفنيكَ دائِماً مَسلول

ما أَنتَ عَن فِعلاتِهِ مَسؤول

ما أَنتَ عَن فِعلاتِهِ مَسؤول

The sword of your eyelids is always unsheathed.

Your eyes are always sheathed swords

You are not answerable for its deeds.

But you're not responsible for their deeds

شَهِدت عُيونِكَ اِن لَحظِكَ قاتَلى

شَهِدت عُيونِكَ اِن لَحظِكَ قاتَلى

وَقَصاصَة حَق وَهن عَدول

وَقَصاصَة حَق وَهن عَدول

Your eyes testified that your glance is my slayer,

They saw that your glance was my killer

and retribution is rightful, and they are upright witnesses.

And talion is a just retribution

لِما رَأَت مَنصوب قَلبي وَهُوَ في

لِما رَأَت مَنصوب قَلبي وَهُوَ في

صَلة العَذاب لِوَصلِهِ مَوصول

صَلة العَذاب لِوَصلِهِ مَوصول

When they saw my heart set in the accusative, while it was in

When they saw my heart erect and chained

the bond of torment, bound to union with him,

To the prayer of torture, continuously connected

بنيت عَلى كَسرِ وَعامِل سِحرِها

بنيت عَلى كَسرِ وَعامِل سِحرِها

تَقديرُهُ اِنَّ الشَجى مَقتول

تَقديرُهُ اِنَّ الشَجى مَقتول

they were founded upon heartbreak; and the governing force of their spell

Based on her spell's harm and sorcery

is construed as: 'Indeed, the sorrow-stricken one is slain.'

Its ordainment is: anguish is killed