كنتَ السَّواد لِمُقلَتي

كنتَ السَّواد لِمُقلَتي

فَبَكى عَليك الناظِرُ

فَبَكى عَليك الناظِرُ

You were the dark pupil of my eye;

You were the blackness of my eyelids

So the eye wept for you.

So the onlooker cried over you

مَن شاءَ بَعدَك فَليَمُت

مَن شاءَ بَعدَك فَليَمُت

فَعَلَيك كُنت أُحاذِرُ

فَعَلَيك كُنت أُحاذِرُ

Let whoever wishes die after you;

Whoever wants after you, let him die

For it was for you that I feared.

For you I was being cautious