أعيني ألا تبكيا لمصيبتي

أعيني ألا تبكيا لمصيبتي

وكل عيون الناس عني أصبرُ

وكل عيون الناس عني أصبرُ

O my eyes, will you not weep for my calamity?

My eyes, do not weep for my misfortune,

And all people's eyes are more patient than mine.

While the eyes of all people are more patient than I.

أعيني جودا من دموع غزيرة

أعيني جودا من دموع غزيرة

فقد حق اشفاقي وما كنت أحذر

فقد حق اشفاقي وما كنت أحذر

O my eyes, give freely of abundant tears,

My eyes, refrain from abundant tears,

For my dread and what I feared have come true.

For my compassion has expired, and I was not on guard.

بكيت لفقد الأكرمين تتابعوا

بكيت لفقد الأكرمين تتابعوا

وصلّوا المنايا دارعون وحسر

وصلّوا المنايا دارعون وحسر

I wept for the loss of the noblest, who followed one another,

I wept for the loss of the most noble, one after another,

And faced death, armored and unarmored—

And death came upon the armored ones by surprise.

من الأكرمين البيض من آل هاشم

من الأكرمين البيض من آل هاشم

لهم سالف من واضح المجد يذكر

لهم سالف من واضح المجد يذكر

Among the noblest, the fair-faced men of the house of Hashim,

Of the most noble white ones from the family of Hashim,

Theirs is a remembered past of shining glory.

Whose brilliant past is remembered.

مصابيح أمثال الأهلَة إذ هم

مصابيح أمثال الأهلَة إذ هم

لدى الجود أو دفع الكريهة أبصر

لدى الجود أو دفع الكريهة أبصر

Lamps like crescent moons, for they are

Lights like the crescent moon when they

Most discerning in generosity or warding off adversity.

Were generous or repelled harm, they were more perceptive.

بهم فجعتنا والحوادث كاسمها

بهم فجعتنا والحوادث كاسمها

تميم وبكر والسكون وحمير

تميم وبكر والسكون وحمير

We were bereaved of them—calamities live up to their name—

By them we were anguished, and misfortunes are as their names:

By Tamim, Bakr, al-Sakun, and Himyar.

Tameem, Bakr, Stillness and Humayr.

وهمدان قد جاشت علينا وأجلبت

وهمدان قد جاشت علينا وأجلبت

هوازن في افناء قيس واعصر

هوازن في افناء قيس واعصر

And Hamdan surged against us, and forces were mustered by

And Hamdan who charged upon us and brought

Hawazin, among the clans of Qays and A'sur.

Hawazen to the destruction of Qays and Aus.

وفي كل حي نضحةٌ من دمائنا

وفي كل حي نضحةٌ من دمائنا

بمرتقب يعلو عليكم ويشهر

بمرتقب يعلو عليكم ويشهر

And in every clan is a spatter of our blood,

And in every neighborhood a sprinkling of our blood

At a lookout, rising above you and openly displayed.

By the watchful enemy who rises above you and unsheathes his sword.

فلله محيانا وكان مماتنا

فلله محيانا وكان مماتنا

ولله قتلانا تدان وتنشر

ولله قتلانا تدان وتنشر

So our life is for God, as was our death;

To God we commend our lives when we die

And our slain are God's, to be judged and raised again.

And to God our killings, scattered and spread.

لكل دم مولى ومولى دمائنا

لكل دم مولى ومولى دمائنا

بمرتقب يعلو عليكم ويظهر

بمرتقب يعلو عليكم ويظهر

All spilled blood has an avenger, and the avenger of our blood

For each blood, there is a master, and for our blood's master

Is at a lookout, rising above you and coming into view.

The watchful enemy who rises above you and appears.

فسوف يرى أعداؤنا حين نلتقي

فسوف يرى أعداؤنا حين نلتقي

لأي الفريقين النبي المطهر

لأي الفريقين النبي المطهر

So our enemies will see, when we meet,

Soon our enemies will see, when we meet,

On which of the two sides the purified Prophet stands.

To which of the two sides belongs the pure Prophet.