حَلَفتُ لَها بِالبُدنِ تَدمى نُحورُها

حَلَفتُ لَها بِالبُدنِ تَدمى نُحورُها

لَقَد شَقِيَت نَفسي بِكُم وَعُنيتُ

لَقَد شَقِيَت نَفسي بِكُم وَعُنيتُ

I swore to her by the sacrificial camels whose throats bleed:

I swore to her by the bodies with bleeding necks,

Indeed, my soul has suffered because of you, and I have been tormented.

Indeed my soul has suffered because of you and I became weary.

حَلَفتُ يَميناً يا بُثَينَةُ صادِقاً

حَلَفتُ يَميناً يا بُثَينَةُ صادِقاً

فَإِن كُنتُ فيها كاذِباً فَعَميتُ

فَإِن كُنتُ فيها كاذِباً فَعَميتُ

I swore an oath, O Buthayna, truthfully;

I swore an oath sincerely, O Buthaina,

so if I have lied in it, may I go blind.

So if I were lying in it, then I became blind.

إِذا كانَ جِلدٌ غَيرُ جِلدِكِ مَسَّني

إِذا كانَ جِلدٌ غَيرُ جِلدِكِ مَسَّني

وَباشَرَني دونَ الشِعارِ شَريتُ

وَباشَرَني دونَ الشِعارِ شَريتُ

If any skin other than yours were to touch me

If any skin other than yours touched me

and touch me directly beneath my undergarment, I would break out in hives.

And caressed me below the waist, I became senile.

وَلَو أَنَّ داعٍ مِنكِ يَدعو جِنازَتي

وَلَو أَنَّ داعٍ مِنكِ يَدعو جِنازَتي

وَكُنتُ عَلى أَيدي الرِجالِ حَيِيتُ

وَكُنتُ عَلى أَيدي الرِجالِ حَيِيتُ

And even if a caller from you were to call out to my bier,

And if a caller from you called out my funeral,

while I lay borne on men's hands, I would come back to life.

And I was in the hands of men, I would come back to life.