بِاللَهِ يا ذا الجمالِ غَرَّكَ ما

بِاللَهِ يا ذا الجمالِ غَرَّكَ ما

أُظْهِرُهُ لِلْوُشاةِ من جَلَدي

أُظْهِرُهُ لِلْوُشاةِ من جَلَدي

By God, O beautiful one, you are deceived by what

By Allah, O you of beauty, you are deceived by what

I display of my fortitude before the tale-bearers.

I show to the slanderers of my patience.

نارُ اشتياقٍ زِنادُها كَبِدي

نارُ اشتياقٍ زِنادُها كَبِدي

لَوْلا دُموعي لأَحْرَقَتْ جَسَدي

لَوْلا دُموعي لأَحْرَقَتْ جَسَدي

A fire of longing, its flint my liver—

The fire of longing, its flint is my liver,

Were it not for my tears, it would have burned my body.

if not for my tears, it would have burned my body.

تطلبُ ثأْري وقاتلي أَسَدٌ

تطلبُ ثأْري وقاتلي أَسَدٌ

طلّ دَمٌ يُستثارُ مِنْ أَسَدِ

طلّ دَمٌ يُستثارُ مِنْ أَسَدِ

You seek vengeance for me, though my killer is a lion;

You seek vengeance from me, and my killer is a lion.

Blood for which vengeance is sought from a lion is shed in vain.

My blood is shed, to be avenged from a lion.