ألا يا عَينُ بَكِّي لي شَنِينَا

ألا يا عَينُ بَكِّي لي شَنِينَا

وَبَكِّي لي الملوكَ الذَّاهِبينَا

وَبَكِّي لي الملوكَ الذَّاهِبينَا

Ah, O eye, weep for me with streaming tears,

Oh eye, weep for me bitterly

And weep for me over the departed kings—

And weep for the departed kings

مُلُوكًا مِن بَنِي حُجْرِ بنِ عَمْرٍو

مُلُوكًا مِن بَنِي حُجْرِ بنِ عَمْرٍو

يُسَاقُونَ العَشِيَّةَ يُقْتَلُونَا

يُسَاقُونَ العَشِيَّةَ يُقْتَلُونَا

Kings among the sons of Hujr, son of Amr,

Kings from the sons of Hujr ibn Amr

Who are driven along at evening and slain.

Led in the evening, slaughtered

فلو في يَومِ مَعْرَكَةٍ أُصِيبُوا

فلو في يَومِ مَعْرَكَةٍ أُصِيبُوا

ولكنْ في دِيارِ بني مَرِينَا

ولكنْ في دِيارِ بني مَرِينَا

If only they had been struck down on a day of battle!

If only on a day of battle they were struck

But they fell in the dwellings of Banu Marina.

But in the abodes of the tribe of Marīna

فلمْ تُغْسَلْ جَمَاجِمُهُمْ بِغِسْلٍ

فلمْ تُغْسَلْ جَمَاجِمُهُمْ بِغِسْلٍ

ولكنْ بالدِّمَاءِ مُرَمَّلِينَا

ولكنْ بالدِّمَاءِ مُرَمَّلِينَا

So their skulls were not washed with cleansing water,

Their skulls were not washed with water

But they were smeared with blood.

But clotted with blood they were smeared

تَظَلُّ الطَّيرُ عَاكِفَةً عليهمْ

تَظَلُّ الطَّيرُ عَاكِفَةً عليهمْ

وَتَنْتَزِعُ الحَوَاجِبَ والعُيُونَا

وَتَنْتَزِعُ الحَوَاجِبَ والعُيُونَا

The birds remain intent upon them,

The birds hover over them

And tear out their eyebrows and eyes.

Plucking out the eyebrows and the eyes