باللهِ إنْ غنيتهِمْ فتبرقَعي

باللهِ إنْ غنيتهِمْ فتبرقَعي

يا نزهةَ الأسماعِ لا الأبصارِ

يا نزهةَ الأسماعِ لا الأبصارِ

By God, if you sing to them, veil your face,

In God's name, though you sang to them, my songs were lost on them.

O delight of the ears, not of the eyes!

Oh, delight of ears, not eyes!

غنيتِ سافرةً لهمْ فقلوبهُمْ

غنيتِ سافرةً لهمْ فقلوبهُمْ

في جنةٍ وعيونُهُمْ في نارِ

في جنةٍ وعيونُهُمْ في نارِ

You sang to them unveiled, so their hearts

You sang plainly to them, yet their hearts

are in paradise, and their eyes in fire.

Are in paradise while their eyes are in hellfire.