عَينَاكَ أمَكَنَتِ الشَّيطَانَ مِن خَلَدِي

عَينَاكَ أمَكَنَتِ الشَّيطَانَ مِن خَلَدِي

إنَّ العُيُونَ لأَعوَانُ الشَّيَاطِينِ

إنَّ العُيُونَ لأَعوَانُ الشَّيَاطِينِ

Your eyes have given Satan mastery over my mind.

Your eyes gave the devil access to my heart

Indeed, eyes are surely the devils' helpers.

Eyes are indeed the devils' allies

كَم لَيلَةٍ بِتُّ مَطوِيَّا عَلَى حَرَقٍ

كَم لَيلَةٍ بِتُّ مَطوِيَّا عَلَى حَرَقٍ

أَشكُو إلَى النَّجمِ حَتَّى كَادَ يَشكُونِي

أَشكُو إلَى النَّجمِ حَتَّى كَادَ يَشكُونِي

How many a night I have spent curled up in burning anguish,

How many nights have I spent curled up in burning agony

complaining to the star until it almost complained of me.

Complaining to the stars until they almost pitied me

يا مَا أُمَيلَحَهُ ظَبيٌ فُتِنتُ بِهِ

يا مَا أُمَيلَحَهُ ظَبيٌ فُتِنتُ بِهِ

وَأيُّ خَلقٍ بِظَبيٍ غَيرُ مَفتُونش

وَأيُّ خَلقٍ بِظَبيٍ غَيرُ مَفتُونش

Oh, how delightfully handsome he is—a gazelle who has bewitched me!

What a beautiful gazelle that I'm infatuated with

And what creature is not bewitched by a gazelle?

What character is not infatuated with a beautiful gazelle

يَجلُو نَبَاتض أَقَاحٍ مِن بَنَاتِ فَمٍ

يَجلُو نَبَاتض أَقَاحٍ مِن بَنَاتِ فَمٍ

يُسمَى بِمِثلِ بُنَيَّاتِ الزَّرَاجِينِ

يُسمَى بِمِثلِ بُنَيَّاتِ الزَّرَاجِينِ

He reveals a growth of daisies, daughters of a mouth

His smile reveals shoots of pearls from his lips

named like the little daughters of grapevines.

Called the like of the flowers of oranges

وَوَجنَتَينِ هُمَا تُفَّاحَتَا قُبَلِي

وَوَجنَتَينِ هُمَا تُفَّاحَتَا قُبَلِي

فَاترُك سِوَايَ وَتُفَّاحَ البَسَاتِينِ

فَاترُك سِوَايَ وَتُفَّاحَ البَسَاتِينِ

And two cheeks, the twin apples of my kisses;

And two cheeks that are like apples on my face

so leave others to the apples of the orchards.

So leave me be and the apples of gardens

فُتُونُ عَينَيكَ تَنهَانِي وَتأمُرُنِي

فُتُونُ عَينَيكَ تَنهَانِي وَتأمُرُنِي

وَوَردُ خَدَّيكض يُغرِي بِي وَيُغرِينِي

وَوَردُ خَدَّيكض يُغرِي بِي وَيُغرِينِي

The enchantments of your eyes forbid me and command me.

The charm of your eyes seduces me and commands me

And the roses of your cheeks incite others against me and entice me.

And the rose of your cheeks tempts me and entices me

أمَا لَئِن بِعتُ دِينِي وَاشتَرَيتُ بِهِ

أمَا لَئِن بِعتُ دِينِي وَاشتَرَيتُ بِهِ

دُنيَا لَمَا بِعتُ فِيكَ الدِّينَ بِالدُّونِ

دُنيَا لَمَا بِعتُ فِيكَ الدِّينَ بِالدُّونِ

Truly, if I sold my faith and bought with it

Surely if I sell my religion for you

worldly life, I surely did not sell my faith cheaply for you.

And buy the world with it, I would not have sold my religion for less

أستَغفِرُ اللهَ لاَ وَالله مَا نَفَعَت

أستَغفِرُ اللهَ لاَ وَالله مَا نَفَعَت

فِي سِحرِ مُقلَتِهِ آيَاتُ يَاسِينٍِ

فِي سِحرِ مُقلَتِهِ آيَاتُ يَاسِينٍِ

I ask God's forgiveness! No, by God, of no avail were

I ask God for forgiveness, no by God the verses of Yaseen were of no benefit

the verses of Ya-Sin against the magic of his eye.

In the magic of his eyelash against me

سًبحَانَ مَن خَلَقَ الأشيَاءَ قَاطِبَةً

سًبحَانَ مَن خَلَقَ الأشيَاءَ قَاطِبَةً

تُرَاهُ صَوَّرَ ذَاكَ الجِسمَ مِن طِينِ

تُرَاهُ صَوَّرَ ذَاكَ الجِسمَ مِن طِينِ

Glory be to Him who created all things!

Glory to Him who created all things flawlessly

Do you suppose He fashioned that body from clay?

You see He molded that body from clay

يَا أهلَ صَبرَةَ وَالأحبَابُ عِندَكُمُ

يَا أهلَ صَبرَةَ وَالأحبَابُ عِندَكُمُ

إن كَانَ عِندَكُمُ صَبرٌ فَوَاسُونِي

إن كَانَ عِندَكُمُ صَبرٌ فَوَاسُونِي

O people of Sabra, the loved ones are with you;

O people of patience, and friends of yours

if you have patience, then console me.

If you have patience then console me

إنِّي أدِينُ بِدِينش الحُبِّ وَيحَكُمُ

إنِّي أدِينُ بِدِينش الحُبِّ وَيحَكُمُ

وَاللهُ قَد قَالَ لاَ إكرَاهَ فِي الدِّينِ

وَاللهُ قَد قَالَ لاَ إكرَاهَ فِي الدِّينِ

I follow the religion of love—woe to you!

I profess the religion of love to you and it rules me

And God has said: "There is no compulsion in religion."

And God has said "No compulsion in religion"

مَولاَيَ لاَ تُشمِتِ الأَعدَاءَ بِي وَإذَا

مَولاَيَ لاَ تُشمِتِ الأَعدَاءَ بِي وَإذَا

نَسِيتَ قَولِيَ فَاذكُر قَولَ هَارُونِ

نَسِيتَ قَولِيَ فَاذكُر قَولَ هَارُونِ

My lord, do not let the enemies gloat over me; and if

My Master, do not let the enemies gloat over me, and if

you forget my words, then remember Harun's words.

You forget my words, then remember what Harun said

حَاسِب هَوَاكَ بِمَا أنفَقتُ مِن عُمُرِي

حَاسِب هَوَاكَ بِمَا أنفَقتُ مِن عُمُرِي

وَاللهِ لَو كَانَ عُمرِي كَنزَ قَارُونِ

وَاللهِ لَو كَانَ عُمرِي كَنزَ قَارُونِ

Call your love to account for what I have spent of my life;

Hold your passion accountable for what I spent of my life

by God, even were my life Qarun's treasure!

By God, even if my life was Qarun's treasure

لَو كُنتُ أمَلِكُ نَفسِي يَا مُعَذِّبَهَا

لَو كُنتُ أمَلِكُ نَفسِي يَا مُعَذِّبَهَا

قَرَّبتُهَا لَكَ في بَعضِ القَرَابِينِ

قَرَّبتُهَا لَكَ في بَعضِ القَرَابِينِ

If I possessed my soul, O you who torment it,

If I owned myself, oh you who torments it

I would offer it to you as one of the sacrifices.

I would have offered it to you as one of the offerings