ما بالُ عَينِكَ يا حَسّانُ لَم تَنَمِ

ما بالُ عَينِكَ يا حَسّانُ لَم تَنَمِ

ما إِن تُغَمِّضُ إِلّا مُؤثِمَ القَسَمِ

ما إِن تُغَمِّضُ إِلّا مُؤثِمَ القَسَمِ

What is the matter with your eye, O Hassan, that it has not slept?

Why do your eyes not sleep, O Hassân?

You never close it without breaking your oath.

Whenever you close them, you break your oath.

لَم أَحسِبِ الشَمسَ تَبدو بِالعِشاءِ فَقَد

لَم أَحسِبِ الشَمسَ تَبدو بِالعِشاءِ فَقَد

لاقَيتَ شَمساً تُجَلّي لَيلَةَ الظُلَمِ

لاقَيتَ شَمساً تُجَلّي لَيلَةَ الظُلَمِ

I did not think the sun would appear at evening; yet

I never thought the sun would shine at night,

you have met a sun that dispels the night of darkness.

Yet I found a sun shining in the darkness.

فَرعُ النِساءِ وَفَرعُ القَومِ والِدُها

فَرعُ النِساءِ وَفَرعُ القَومِ والِدُها

أَهلُ الجَلالَةِ وَالإيفاءِ بِالذِمَمِ

أَهلُ الجَلالَةِ وَالإيفاءِ بِالذِمَمِ

She is the crown of women, and her father the crown of his people,

The excellence of women and of men, their clan’s pride,

a people of dignity and fidelity to their pledges.

The people of glory and of keeping promises.

لَقَد حَلَفتَ وَلَم تَحلِف عَلى كَذِبٍ

لَقَد حَلَفتَ وَلَم تَحلِف عَلى كَذِبٍ

يا اِبنَ الفُرَيعَةِ ما كُلِّفتَ مِن أَمَمِ

يا اِبنَ الفُرَيعَةِ ما كُلِّفتَ مِن أَمَمِ

You have indeed sworn, and you did not swear falsely,

You have sworn, and not falsely sworn,

O son of al-Furayʿah, no easy task was laid upon you.

O son of al-Furay‘ah, you bear no burdens.